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As we rise higher, so less safe our lot; No lofty pine is 'gainst the tempest proof, And sooner the wind's rage o'erwhelms the roof Of the king's pal… - Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan
" "As we rise higher, so less safe our lot;
No lofty pine is 'gainst the tempest proof,
And sooner the wind's rage o'erwhelms the roof
Of the king's palace, than the shepherd's cot.
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About Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan
(sometimes mistakenly listed as "marquis de Racan", although he never held this title; 5 February 1589 – 21 January 1670) was a French aristocrat, soldier, poet, dramatist and (original) member of the .
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