Pièces retranchées

Recueil des Pièces retranchées des Amours

 

I’ve used the order of pieces in Marty-Lavaux’s edition; and numbered them for convenience. 

 

 

 

Sonnet 0*   Sonnet 2 Sonnet 3 Sonnet 4 Sonnet 5       Sonnet 9 Sonnet 10	Sonnet 11 Chanson  (11a)                  Sonnet 20	Sonnet 21               Sonnet 29 Sonnet 30
Sonnet 31 Sonnet 32 Sonnet 33 Sonnet 34 Sonnet 35 Sonnet 36 Sonnet 37 Sonnet 38 Chanson  (38a) Sonnet 39 Sonnet 40	Sonnet 41 Sonnet 42 Sonnet 43 Sonnet 44 Sonnet 45 Sonnet 46 Chanson  (47)   Chanson  (49) Chanson  (50)

 

* ‘no.0’ is the first poem in Blanchemain’s set, preceding the first which appears in Marty-Laveaux’s edition. I haven’t found it yet elsewhere in Marty-Laveaux so have given it the number 0 in this set …

– this one is no. 86 in Blanchemain’s set, but not found in Marty-Laveaux;

 

 

A few Helen poems turned up after Ronsard’s death and are collected as

SONNETS DE FEU P. DE RONSARD

pour Heleine de Surgeres, non encor imprimez

 

Sonnet 1     Sonnet 4

 

 

Following these, Marty-Laveaux additionally prints some further ‘withdrawn’ sonnets, though these are all addressed to individuals rather than having originated in the collections of Amours:

 

Sonnet 8