Elfinspell: The Morgue, from the etching by Charles Méryon, from Ballades by François Villon, text by Thomas B. Mosher from The Bibelot, Volume I, Number II, a reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known, Literary criticism, rare poetry, rare prose, free online text, e-book, 15th century French poetry, online text, free e-book, on www.elfinspell.com (Bibelot1VillonPic)

From The Bibelot, A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known, Volume I, Number II, Testimonial Edition, Edited and Originally Published by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine; Wm. Wise & Co.; New York; 1895; p. 32.

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The Morgue

From the etching by Charles Méryon

Between the tragic lives of Méryon, the Anglo-French etcher, who died insane in Paris, in 1868, and Villon, the first great French lyric poet, whose career probably ended in the Paris morgue four centuries earlier, there was marked similarity. As a draughtsman of architecture Méryon was at his best, but strangely it was Paris of the time of Villon, with which he dealt and which he has preserved for all time in his plates. However, where figures are introduced into his pictures, they are in exceptional accord with the sentiment of the scene, as in The Morgue, where they tell the story of the picture.

II. BALLADES FROM FRANÇOIS VILLON

The Morgue

From the etching by Charles Méryon

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