Belle d'antan

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From Wikipedia:

"The Ballade des dames du temps jadis ("Ballad of the Ladies of Times Past") is a poem by François Villon which celebrates famous women in history and mythology, and a prominent example of the Ubi Sunt ? genre. It forms part of his larger work, the Grand Testament.

"Particularly famous is its interrogative refrain, Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?

"This was translated into English by Rossetti as "Where are the snows of yesteryear?" for which he coined the new word yesteryear to translate Villon's antan. The French word was used in its original sense of "last year", although both antan and the English yesteryear have now taken on a wider meaning of "years gone by."