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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRANCOIS MAYNARD TO THE CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU, by FRANCOIS MAYNARD Poet's Biography First Line: Armand! I lose my vital heat Last Line: What answer will you have me give? | |||
ARMAND! I lose my vital heat, I see no longer as before, I soon my ancestors shall meet Upon Cocytus' dismal shore. There shall I follow in the train Of that illustrious king of France Whose love did learned men sustain Through an age steeped in ignorance. Soon as I join him where he stays, He will insist that I explain What you are doing nowadays To heap disgrace on hated Spain. With ease I shall at once obey By the fine record of your life, And so the grief shall charm away, Recalled by Pavia's fatal strife. But if he asks what post or place You gave me, how you helped to live, What gifts bestowed, what acts of grace-- What answer will you have me give? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MALHERBE by FRANCOIS MAYNARD WRITTEN OVER A STUDY by FRANCOIS MAYNARD SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 2 by CONRAD AIKEN THE DISPUTE OF THE HEART AND BODY OF FRANCOIS VILLON by FRANCOIS VILLON SEA GODS: 2 by HILDA DOOLITTLE JUGGLING JERRY by GEORGE MEREDITH WILL (1) by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX THE THREE HERMITS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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