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+Title: The Tales and Novels, v25: The Nightingale &c.
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+Author: Jean de La Fontaine
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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TALES AND NOVELS OF FONTAINE, V25 ***
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+                    THE TALES AND NOVELS
+                             OF
+                     J. DE LA FONTAINE
+
+
+
+          Volume 25.
+
+          Contains:
+             The Dress-maker
+             The Gascon
+             The Pitcher
+             To Promise is One Thing, to Keep it, Another
+             The Nightengale
+             Epitaph of Fontaine
+
+
+
+                     THE DRESS-MAKER
+
+
+          A CLOISTERED nun had a lover
+          Dwelling in the neighb'ring town;
+          Both racked their brains to discover
+          How they best their love might crown.
+          The swain to pass the convent-door!--
+          No easy matter!--Thus they swore,
+          And wished it light.--I ne'er knew a nun
+          In such a pass to be outdone:--
+          In woman's clothes the youth must dress,
+          And gain admission. I confess
+          The ruse has oft been tried before,
+          But it succeeded as of yore.
+          Together in a close barred cell
+          The lovers were, and sewed all day,
+          Nor heeded how time flew away.--
+          "What's that I hear? Refection bell!
+          "'Tis time to part. Adieu!--Farewell!--
+          "How's this?" exclaimed the abbess, "why
+          "The last at table?"--"Madam, I
+          "Have had my dress-maker."--"The rent
+          "On which you've both been so intent
+          "Is hard to stop, for the whole day
+          "To sew and mend, you made her stay;
+          "Much work indeed you've had to do!
+          "--Madam, 't would last the whole night through,
+          "When in our task we find enjoyment
+          "There is no end of the employment."
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                    THE GASCON
+
+
+          I AM always inclined to suspect
+             The best story under the sun
+          As soon as by chance I detect
+             That teller and hero are one.
+
+          We're all of us prone to conceit,
+             And like to proclaim our own glory,
+          But our purpose we're apt to defeat
+             As actors in chief of our story.
+
+          To prove the truth of what I state
+          Let me an anecdote relate:
+          A Gascon with his comrade sat
+          At tavern drinking. This and that
+             He vaunted with assertion pat.
+             From gasconade to gasconade
+             Passed to the conquests he had made
+             In love.  A buxom country maid,
+          Who served the wine, with due attention
+          Lent patient ear to each invention,
+             And pressed her hands against her side
+             Her bursting merriment to hide.
+             To hear our Gascon talk, no Sue
+             Nor Poll in town but that he knew;
+             With each he'd passed a blissful night
+             More to their own than his delight.
+             This one he loved for she was fair,
+             That for her glossy ebon hair.
+          One miss, to tame his cruel rigour,
+          Had brought him gifts.--She owned his vigour
+             In short it wanted but his gaze
+             To set each trembling heart ablaze.
+             His strength surpassed his luck,--the test--
+          In one short night ten times he'd blessed
+             A dame who gratefully expressed
+             Her thanks with corresponding zest.
+             At this the maid burst forth, "What more?
+             "I never heard such lies before!
+             "Content were I if at that sport
+             "I had what that poor dame was short."
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                      THE PITCHER
+
+
+          THE simple Jane was sent to bring
+            Fresh water from the neighb'ring spring;
+            The matter pressed, no time to waste,
+            Jane took her jug, and ran in haste
+          The well to reach, but in her flurry
+          (The more the speed the worse the hurry),
+            Tripped on a rolling stone, and broke
+            Her precious pitcher,--ah! no joke!
+            Nay, grave mishap! 'twere better far
+            To break her neck than such a jar!
+          Her dame would beat and soundly rate her,
+          No way could Jane propitiate her.
+            Without a sou new jug to buy!
+            'Twere better far for her to die!
+            O'erwhelmed by grief and cruel fears
+            Unhappy Jane burst into tears
+            "I can't go home without the delf,"
+          Sobbed Jane, "I'd rather kill myself;
+            "So here am I resolved to die."
+          A friendly neighbour passing by
+          O'erheard our damsel's lamentation;
+          And kindly offered consolation:
+            "If death, sweet maiden, be thy bent,
+            "I'll aid thee in thy sad intent."
+          Throwing her down, he drew his dirk,
+          And plunged it in the maid,--a work
+            You'll say was cruel,--not so Jane,
+            Who even seemed to like the pain,
+            And hoped to be thus stabbed again.
+            Amid the weary world's alarms,
+            For some e'en death will have its charms;
+            "If this, my friend, is how you kill,
+            "Of breaking jugs I'll have my fill!"
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                  TO PROMISE IS ONE THING
+                    TO KEEP IT, ANOTHER
+
+
+          JOHN courts Perrette; but all in vain;
+            Love's sweetest oaths, and tears, and sighs
+            All potent spells her heart to gain
+            The ardent lover vainly tries:
+          Fruitless his arts to make her waver,
+          She will not grant the smallest favour:
+            A ruse our youth resolved to try
+            The cruel air to mollify:--
+            Holding his fingers ten outspread
+            To Perrette's gaze, and with no dread
+            "So often," said he, "can I prove,
+            "My sweet Perrette, how warm my love."
+            When lover's last avowals fail
+          To melt the maiden's coy suspicions
+            A lover's sign will oft prevail
+          To win the way to soft concessions:
+            Half won she takes the tempting bait;
+          Smiles on him, draws her lover nearer,
+            With heart no longer obdurate
+          She teaches him no more to fear her-
+            A pinch,--a kiss,--a kindling eye,--
+            Her melting glances,--nothing said.--
+            John ceases not his suit to ply
+            Till his first finger's debt is paid.
+            A second, third and fourth he gains,
+            Takes breath, and e'en a fifth maintains.
+            But who could long such contest wage?
+            Not I, although of fitting age,
+            Nor John himself, for here he stopped,
+            And further effort sudden dropped.
+            Perrette, whose appetite increased
+            just as her lover's vigour ceased,
+          In her fond reckoning defeated,
+          Considered she was greatly cheated--
+            If duty, well discharged, such blame
+            Deserve; for many a highborn dame
+            Would be content with such deceit.
+            But Perrette, as already told,
+            Out of her count, began to scold
+            And call poor John an arrant cheat
+          For promising and not performing.
+          John calmly listened to her storming,
+            And well content with work well done,
+            Thinking his laurels fairly won,
+            Cooly replied, on taking leave:
+            "No cause I see to fume and grieve;
+            "Or for such trifle to dispute;
+            "To promise and to execute
+            "Are not the same, be it confessed,
+            "Suffice it to have done one's best;
+            "With time I'll yet discharge what's due;
+            "Meanwhile, my sweet Perrette, adieu!"
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                    THE NIGHTINGALE
+
+
+          NO easy matter 'tis to hold,
+          Against its owner's will, the fleece
+          Who troubled by the itching smart
+          Of Cupid's irritating dart,
+          Eager awaits some Jason bold
+               To grant release.
+          E'en dragon huge, or flaming steer,
+          When Jason's loved will cause no fear.
+
+          Duennas, grating, bolt and lock,
+            All obstacles can naught avail;
+          Constraint is but a stumbling block;
+            For youthful ardour must prevail.
+          Girls are precocious nowadays,
+          Look at the men with ardent gaze,
+          And longings' an infinity;
+          Trim misses but just in their teens
+          By day and night devise the means
+          To dull with subtlety to sleep
+          The Argus vainly set to keep
+            In safety their virginity.
+          Sighs, smiles, false tears, they'll fain employ
+          An artless lover to decoy.
+          I'll say no more, but leave to you,
+          Friend reader, to pronounce if true
+          What I've asserted when you have heard
+          How artful Kitty, caged her bird.
+
+          IN a small town in Italy,
+            The name of which I do not know,
+            Young Kitty dwelt, gay, pretty, free,
+            Varambon's child.--Boccacio
+          Omits her mother's name, which not
+          To you or me imports a jot.
+          At fourteen years our Kitty's charms
+          Were all that could be wished--plump arms,
+          A swelling bosom; on her cheeks
+          Roses' and lilies' mingled streaks,
+          A sparkling eye--all these, you know,
+            Speak well for what is found below.
+            With such advantages as these
+            No virgin sure could fail to please,
+            Or lack a lover; nor did Kate;
+            But little time she had to wait;
+            One soon appeared to seal her fate.
+          Young Richard saw her, loved her, wooed her--
+          What swain I ask could have withstood her?
+          Soft words, caresses, tender glances,
+          The battery of love's advances,
+            Soon lit up in the maiden's breast
+            The flame which his own heart possessed,
+            Soon growing to a burning fire
+            Of love and mutual desire.
+            Desire for what?  My reader knows,
+            Or if he does not may suppose,
+            And not be very wond'rous wise.
+            When youthful lovers mingle sighs,
+            Believe me, friend, I am not wrong,
+            For one thing only do they long.
+            One check deferred our lover's bliss,
+            A thing quite natural, 'twas this:
+            The mother loved so well her child
+            That, fearful she might be beguiled,
+            She would not let her out of sight,
+            A single minute, day or night.
+          At mother's apron string all day
+          Kate whiled the weary hours away,
+          And shared her bed all night. Such love
+          In parents we must all approve,
+          Though Catherine, I must confess,
+          In place of so much tenderness
+          More liberty would have preferred.
+            To little girls maternal care
+            In such excess is right and fair,
+            But for a lass of fourteen years,
+            For whom one need have no such fears,
+          Solicitude is quite absurd,
+          And only bores her. Kitty could
+          No moment steal, do what she would,
+          To see her Richard. Sorely vexed
+          She was, and he still more perplexed.
+          In spite of all he might devise
+          A squeeze, a kiss, quick talk of eyes
+          Was all he could obtain, no more.
+          Bread butterless, a sanded floor,
+          It seemed no better. Joy like this
+          Could not suffice, more sterling bliss
+          Our lovers wished, nor would stop short
+          Till they'd obtained the thing they sought.
+          And thus it came about.  One day
+          By chance they met, alone, away
+          From jealous parents.  "What's the use;"
+          Said Richard, "of all our affection?
+            "Of love it is a rank abuse,
+            "And yields me nothing but dejection
+            "I see you without seeing you,
+            "Must always look another way,
+            "And if we meet I dare not stay,
+            "Must ev'ry inclination smother.
+            "I can't believe your love is true;
+            "I'll never own you really kind
+            "Unless some certain means you find
+            "For us to meet without your mother."
+          Kate answered: "Were it not too plain
+            "How warm my love, another strain
+            "I would employ.  In converse vain
+            "Let us not waste our moments few;
+            "But think what it were best to do."
+            "If you will please me," Robert said,
+            "You must contrive to change your bed,
+            "And have it placed--well, let me see--
+            "Moved to the outer gallery,
+            "Where you will be alone and free.
+            "We there can meet and chat at leisure
+            "While others sleep, nor need we fear,
+            "Of merry tales I have a treasure
+            "To tell, but cannot tell them here."
+          Kate smiled at this for she knew well
+          What sort of tales he had to tell;
+          But promised she would do her best
+          And soon accomplish his request.
+          It was not easy, you'll admit,
+          But love lends foolish maidens wit;
+          And this is how she managed it.
+          The whole night long she kept awake,
+            Snored, sighed and kicked, as one possessed,
+            That parents both could get not rest,
+          So much she made the settle shake.
+          This is not strange.  A longing girl,
+            With thoughts of sweetheart in her head,
+          In bed all night will sleepless twirl.
+            A flea is in her ear, 'tis said.
+          The morning broke.  Of fleas and heat
+          Kitty complained.  "Let me entreat,
+            "O mother, I may put my bed
+            "Out in the gallery," she said,
+            "'Tis cooler there, and Philomel
+            "Who warbles in the neigh'bring dell
+            "Will solace me." Ready consent
+          The simple mother gave, and went
+          To seek her spouse. "Our Kate, my dear,
+            "Will change her bed that she may hear
+            "The nightingale, and sleep more cool."
+            "Wife," said the good man, "You're a fool,
+            "And Kate too with her nightingale;
+            "Don't tell me such a foolish tale.
+            "She must remain.  No doubt to-night
+            "Will fresher be.  I sleep all right
+            "In spite of heat, and so can she.
+            "Is she more delicate than me?"
+          Incensed was Kate by this denial
+          After so promising a trial,
+          Nor would be beat, but firmly swore
+          To give more trouble than before.
+          That night again no wink she slept
+          But groaned and fretted, sighed and wept,
+          Upon her couch so tossed and turned,
+          The anxious mother quite concerned
+          Again her husband sought.  "Our Kate
+            "To me seems greatly changed of late.
+            "You are unkind," she said to him,
+            "To thwart her simple, girlish whim.
+            "Why may she not her bed exchange,
+            "In naught will it the house derange?
+            "Placed in the passage she's as near
+            "To us as were she lying here.
+            "You do not love your child, and will
+            "With your unkindness make her ill."
+            "Pray cease," the husband cried, "to scold
+            "And take your whim.  I ne'er could hold
+            "My own against a screaming wife;
+            "You'll drive me mad, upon my life.
+            "Her belly-full our Kate may get
+            "Of nightingale or of linnet."
+          The thing was settled.  Kate obeyed,
+          And in a trice her bed was made,
+          And lover signalled.  Who shall say
+          How long to both appeared that day,
+          That tedious day!  But night arrived
+          And Richard too; he had contrived
+          By ladder, and a servant's aid,
+          To reach the chamber of the maid.
+          To tell how often they embraced,
+            How changed in form their tenderness,
+          Would lead to nothing but a waste
+            Of time, my readers will confess.
+          The longest, most abstruse discourse
+          Would lack precision, want the force
+          Their youthful ardour to portray.
+          To understand there's but one way--
+          Experience.  The nightingale
+          Sang all night long his pleasing tale,
+          And though he made but little noise,
+          The lass was satisfied.  Her joys
+          So exquisite that she averred
+          The other nightingale, the bird
+          Who warbles to the woods his bliss,
+          Was but an ass compared with this.
+          But nature could not long maintain
+          Of efforts such as these the strain;
+          Their forces spent, the lovers twain
+          In fond embrace fell fast asleep
+          Just as the dawn began to peep:
+          The father as he left his bed
+          By curiosity was led
+          To learn if Kitty soundly slept,
+          And softly to the passage crept.
+            "I'll see the influence," he said,
+            "Of nightingale and change of bed."
+          With bated breath, upon tip toes,
+          Close to the couch he cautious goes
+          Where Kitty lay in calm repose.
+          Excessive heat had made all clothes
+          Unbearable.  The sleeping pair
+          Had cast them off, and lay as bare
+          As our first happy parents were
+          In Paradise.  But in the place
+            Of apple, in her willing hand
+            Kate firmly grasp the magic wand
+          Which served to found the human race,
+          The which to name were a disgrace,
+          Though dames the most refined employ it;
+          Desire it, and much enjoy it,
+          If good Catullus tells us true.
+          The father scarce believed his view,
+          But keeping in his bosom pent
+          His anger, to his wife he went,
+          And said, "Get up, and come with me.
+            "At present I can plainly see
+            "Why Kate had such anxiety
+            "To hear the nightingale, for she
+            "To catch the bird so well has planned
+            "That now she holds him in her hand."
+          The mother almost wept for glee.
+            "A nightingale, oh! let me see.
+            "How large is he, and can he sing,
+            "And will he breed, the pretty thing?
+            "How did she catch him, clever child?"
+          Despite his grief the good man smiled.
+            "Much more than you expect you'll see.
+            "But hold your tongue, and come with me;
+            "For if your chattering is heard,
+            "Away will fly the timid bird;
+            "And you will spoil our daughter's game."
+          Who was surprised?  It was the dame.
+          Her anger burst into a flame
+          As she the nightingale espied
+          Which Kitty held; she could have cried,
+          And scolded, called her nasty slut,
+          And brazen hussey, bitch, and--but
+          Her husband stopped her. "What's the use
+            "Of all your scolding and abuse?
+            "The mischief's done, in vain may you
+            "From now till doomsday fret and stew,
+            "Misfortune done you can't undo,
+            "But something may be done to mend:
+            "For notary this instant send,
+            "Bid holy priest and mayor attend.
+            "For their good offices I wait
+            "To set this nasty matter straight."
+          As he discoursed, Richard awoke,
+          And seeing that the sun had broke,
+          These troubled words to Kitty spoke
+            "Alas, my love, 'tis broad day light,
+            "How can I now effect my flight?"
+            "All will go well," rejoined the sire,
+            "I will not grumble, my just ire
+            "Were useless here; you have committed
+            "A wrong of which to be acquitted,
+            "Richard, there is one only way,
+            "My child you wed without delay.
+            "She's well brought up, young, full of health
+            "If fortune has not granted wealth,
+            "Her beauty you do not deny,
+            "So wed her, or prepare to die."
+          To hesitate in such a case
+          Would surely have been out of place
+          The girl he loved to take to wife,
+          Or in his prime to lose his life,
+          The point in truth needs no debate,
+          Nor did our Richard hesitate.
+          Besides, the most supreme delight
+          Of life he'd tasted one short night,
+          But one, in lovely Kitty's arms;
+          Could he so soon resign her charms!
+          While Richard, pleased with his escape
+          From what he feared an awkward scrape,
+          Was dreaming of his happy choice,
+          Our Kitty, by her father's voice
+          Awakened, from her hand let go
+          The cause of all her joy and woe,
+          And round her naked beauties wound
+          The sheet picked up from off the ground:
+          Meanwhile the notary appears
+          To put an end to all their fears.
+          They wrote, they signed, the sealed--and thus
+          The wedding ended free from fuss.
+          They left the happy couple there.
+          His satisfaction to declare,
+          Thus spoke their father to the pair:
+            "Take courage, children, have no care;
+            "The nightingale in cage is pent,
+            "May sing now to his heart's content."
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                 EPITAPH OF LA FONTAINE
+                    MADE BY HIMSELF
+
+
+          JOHN, as he came, so went away,
+            Consuming capital and pay,
+            Holding superfluous riches cheap;
+          The trick of spending time he knew,
+          Dividing it in portions two,
+            For idling one, and one for sleep.
+
+
+          THE END.
+
+
+
+
+
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