Barbe de Verrue

According to the legendary Poésies de Clotilde, Barbe de Verrue was a French troveresse in the 13th century. She was said to be an adopted child, and a successful singer who travelled and performed her own songs. She performed songs about Griseldis, a poem titled Gallic Orpheus about the Gauls, and another titled Aucassin and Nicolette. Quotes Voyd son hyver venir li sagesCome al fins biau jor, belle nuict;Scet que sont roses por toz agesSi por toz ages sont ennuict. The wise man sees his winter close  Like evening on a summer day;Each age, he knows, its roses bears,  Its mournful moments and its gay. From the Poésies de Clotilde (1803), translated by Edgar Taylor, Lays of the Minnesingers and Troubadours (1825), p. 273 External links Category:Fictional writers