tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post2505200416282677823..comments2024-02-29T02:16:45.679-08:00Comments on Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche: AutumnalJohn V. Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-6340379959454245122015-09-08T19:29:58.516-07:002015-09-08T19:29:58.516-07:00Ah, thank you, dear Professor. Scratch an anglophi...Ah, thank you, dear Professor. Scratch an anglophile and you will reveal a francophile!APhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041199536898014087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-46195794559438400222015-09-04T12:40:23.903-07:002015-09-04T12:40:23.903-07:00How about Paul Verlaine’s “Chanson d’automne”? I ...How about Paul Verlaine’s “Chanson d’automne”? I believe it was one of the coded texts used to communicate the imminence of the Normandy invasion to the French Resistance.<br /><br />Les sanglots longs<br />Des violons <br />De l'automne<br />Blessent mon cœur<br />D'une langueur <br />Monotone.<br />John V. Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-79418341164892403952015-09-03T17:58:56.030-07:002015-09-03T17:58:56.030-07:00One prefers infinitely your vision of autumn to Ba...One prefers infinitely your vision of autumn to Baudelaire's...<br /><br />Bientôt nous plongerons dans les froides ténèbres;<br />Adieu, vive clarté de nos étés trop courts!<br />J'entends déjà tomber avec des chocs funèbres<br />Le bois retentissant sur le pavé des cours.APhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041199536898014087noreply@blogger.com