BURGUNDY: THE
SPLENDID DUCHY


BY THE SAME AUTHOR

IMPRESSIONS OF PROVENCE. FOOLSCAP QUARTO, 12/6 NET

SONGS OF OLD FRANCE. CROWN 8VO. 6/- NET

LONDON: FRANCIS GRIFFITHS

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MONT BEUVRAY.

MONT BEUVRAY.

Frontispiece


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BURGUNDY: THE
SPLENDID DUCHY

STORIES AND SKETCHES IN SOUTH BURGUNDY

BY

PERCY ALLEN

AUTHOR OF "IMPRESSIONS OF PROVENCE" ETC.

Fully illustrated with eight water-colour and 86 line drawings
by Miss Marjorie Nash

LONDON

FRANCIS GRIFFITHS

34 MAIDEN LANE, STRAND, W.C.

1912

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Lion


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TO  M.

TANT L VAUT, the Virgin name,Five hundred years ago,On stately hall and tower aflame,Blazoned in gold, bade all acclaimHer worth in high Rochepot.
Here above London's roar I sit,To watch the splendour flowO'er myriad roof-trees glory-lit,And read,—with golden fingers writ—A sunset's TANT L VAUT.
Darkness and stars begin to be,Light leaves the world below;Turning, a gracious form I see,And vesper music wakes in me—Ma deboinaire, très doulce amie,Seule Etoile, TANT L VAUT.


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Grapes


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PREFACE

I have to thank very cordially my friend, Monsieur François Fertiault,for his kindness in permitting me to make use of the valuable materialcomprised in his charming books upon rural B

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