アンヴォワ
The gallows in my garden, people say,
Is new and neat and adequately tall;
I tie the noose on in a knowing way
As one that knots his necktie for a ball;
But just as all the neighbours--on the wall--
Are drawing a long breath to shout "Hurray!"
The strangest whim has seized me. . . . After all
I think I will not hang myself to-day.
To-morrow is the time I get my pay--
My uncle's sword is hanging in the hall--
I see a little cloud all pink and grey--
Perhaps the rector's mother will not call--
I fancy that I heard from Mr. Gall
That mushrooms could be cooked another way--
I never read the works of Juvenal--
アンヴォワが最初に現れたのは中世のトルヴェール、トルバドゥールの歌の中である。詩人の恋人・友人・パトロンに向けたものとして発展した。このように、アンヴォワは詩の本文とは独立したものと見ることが可能で、また、詩人にいくらかの利益をもたらす願望(愛する人の行為、さらなるパトロネージュ、など)を表明した。