Joachim du Bellay
Joachim du Bellay
Joachim du Bellaywas a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
CountryFrance
life men voyages
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!
journey great-journeys ulysses
Happy he who like Ulysses has made a great journey.
rome rivers towns
Now conquering Rome doth conquered Rome inter, And she the vanquished is, and vanquisher. To show us where she stood there rests alone Tiber; and that too hastens to be gone. Learn, hence what fortune can. Towns glide away; And rivers, which are still in motion, stay.