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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON MARIE DE BOURBON, by FRANCOIS DE MALHERBE Poet's Biography
First Line: We liken not this little maid
Last Line: She did her mother's image seem.
Subject(s): Marie De' Medici (1573-1642)
First Line: We liken not this little maid
Last Line: She did her mother's image seem.
Subject(s): Marie De' Medici (1573-1642)
WE liken not this little Maid
To aught by ancient legends said
Of goddesses how bright soe'er.
All that is but an empty dream;
Truth sounds a praise more vast and rare:
She did her mother's image seem.
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