In a note, the author says he composed the

words according to a tune, remarkable for its 8weetness and simplicity, which he heard in the mountains of Auvergne.

Combien. . . souvenance. . . ! What a sweet recollection Ihave...!

Qu*... beaux. Cf. note, p. 10, 1. 5.

Te souvient-il f Poetical for te souviens-tu f

Fait... ma peine, fills my heart with sadness.

Ballade. Cf. with the following verses, the last of the Spanish ballad already spoken of in note, p. 9, 1. 17:

•» Then spoke out King Don Juan

Of Léon and Castille :

* 1*11 wed thee, f air Granada,

Thy dower shall be Se ville V

* 1 thank thee, King, Pm wedded, I am no widow lone ; The Moor who is my husband, He loves my every stone.' "