Francois Villon
Fran¨ois Villon c.1461
Author of Ballade des dames de temps jadis (Ballad of the Ladies of Ancient Times) which contains the oft misquoted line...
"Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?"
Translated by Rosetti inter alia as ....
"But where are the snows of yesteryear?"
As M. Villon was, sadly, French, we need bother ourselves with him no longer.