A Modern Ballad, Quoted by E. Buret, Sings the Solitude of Monopoly
Le rouet est silencieux dans la vallee:
C’en est fait des sentiments de famille.
Sur un peu de fumee le vieil aieul
Etend ses mains pales; et le foyer vide
Est aussi desole que son coeur.19
Notes
19 The spinning-wheel is silent in the valley: family feelings are at an end. Over a little smoke the aged grandsire spreads his pale hands; and the empty hearth is as desolate as his heart.—Translator.