CONTENTS POEMS OF ALFRED DE MUSSET Do you regret the age when, in majestic grace, Fair heaven amid the gods made earth her dwelling-place When Venus AstartC, child of the mighty sea, Rose from the bitter wave in virgin purity The time, when drifting nymphs lay on the rivers breast, And with their vanton laughter vexed the lazy rest Of fauns stretched out to sleep upon the reedy shore When in the pool Narcissus his fair image saw, And when great Hercules eternal justice dealt, Clad in his gory mantle of a lions pelt When mocking satyrs swayed the leafy boughs among, Whistling s jeering echo to the travlers song .