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TO A READER OF BRANTOME, by                    
First Line: As marble white and blue-veined like the snow
Last Line: Gold that has matched and put to shame the sun.
Subject(s): France


As marble white and blue-veined like the snow
Down crannies where no prying sun has peeped,
In the Hotel de Sens he says she slept,
His silver marguerite, la reine Margot.
'Tween sable sheets she lay so they might know,
Her lovers, when by candle-light they crept,
How more a pearl was she than any kept
By jewellers on cushioned silks to show.

A luscious sight, I doubt, for lickerish eyes.
Of prince or prelate, man or mignon page,
Or painter! But I marvel at an age
That, doting, can such alloy gloat upon
Through greasy glasses, when before it lies
Gold that has matched and put to shame the sun.





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