Editing Triolet (section)

==Examples==
The following five triolets were written in 1651, 1806, 1870, 1877 and 1888, respectively, the first four being written by Englishmen and the last by an American.

{{poem quote|1. Farewell all earthly joys and care

Worldly designs, fears, hopes, farewell!
Farewell all earthly joys and cares!
On nobler thoughts my soul shall dwell,
Worldly designs, fears, hopes, farewell!
At quiet, in my peacefull cell,
I'll think on God, free from your snares;
Worldly designs, fears, hopes, farewell!
Farewell all earthly joys and cares|[[Patrick Cary]]}}

{{poem quote|2. The first of May

The first morn in the month of May
I prize far more than all the rest;
For thee I saw and told that day,
The first morn of the month of May,
That thou my heart had'st stolen away.
If thee please what I then confessed,
The first morn in the month of May
I prize far more than all the rest.|Robert Fellowes}}

{{poem quote|3. When we first met

When first we met we did not guess
That Love would prove so hard a master;
Of more than common friendliness
When first we met we did not guess
Who could foretell this sore distress,
This irretrievable disaster
When first we met? We did not guess
That Love would prove so hard a master.|[[Robert Bridges]]}}

{{poem quote|4. Love's but a dance

Oh, Love's but a dance,
Where Time plays the fiddle!
See the couples advance,—
Oh, Love's but a dance!
A whisper, a glance, —
Shall we twirl down the middle?
Oh, Love's but a dance,
Where Time plays the fiddle!|Austin Dobson}}

Robert Fellows' piece "The first of May" derives its title from an English translation of the first line of an older triolet written by the French poet Ranchin in c.&nbsp;1690. In reference to Ranchin's original French triolet, English poet and literary critic [[Edmund Gosse]] claimed that "No more typical specimen of the [early French] triolet could be found":{{sfn|Gosse|1911}}

{{poem quote|Le premier jour du mois de mai
Fut le plus heureux de ma vie:
Le beau dessein que je formais,
Le premier jour du mois de mai!
Je vous vis et je vous aimais.
Si ce dessein vous plut, Sylvie,
Le premier jour du mois de mai
Fut le plus heureux de ma vie.}}