... Roland and the picture of the dying Renaud, I would fain bring before you before speaking of the Euphorion, by Vernon Lee 14other Roland and the other Renaud, the Orlando of Ariosto and the Rinaldo ... Ivon and Ivaire, the Gascon Engelier, Gérier and Gérin, Bérenger and Otho, Anseis and Salamon, and the old Gerard ofRousillon; and one by one drags them to where the archbishop lies dying. And then, ... verses. But soon the songs and tales were translated; and French poets imitated intheir language, northern and southern, the graceful metres of the Keltic lays, and altered and arranged theirsubjects....