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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MALHERBE, by FRANCOIS MAYNARD Poet's Biography First Line: One who like you can rarely sing Last Line: Great poets to the hospital. Subject(s): Malherbe, Francois De (1555-1628) | |||
ONE who like you can rarely sing Should have enriched his family With as much money as the king Did in the Louvre vaults lay by. But poesy is prized no more, And bards inspired who highest soar The prince's favour never share. Malherbe! in this base age and small Winged Pegasus but serves to bear Great poets to the hospital. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FRANCOIS MAYNARD TO THE CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU by FRANCOIS MAYNARD WRITTEN OVER A STUDY by FRANCOIS MAYNARD ESSAY ON STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH LOVERS HOW THEY COME AND PART by ROBERT HERRICK REMEMBERED MUSIC; A FRAGMENT by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL LOVE'S RESURRECTION DAY by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON THERE WAS A BOY (VERSION 1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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