Gather the fleet flower of your youth, Take ye your pleasur… - Pierre de Ronsard

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Gather the fleet flower of your youth, Take ye your pleasure at the best;
Be merry ere your beauty flit,
For length of days will tarnish it Like roses that were loveliest.

Pierre de Ronsard

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Pierre de Ronsard (11 September 1524 – December 1585) was a French poet.

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Je voudrais être le ruban
qui serre ta belle poitrine;
Je voudrais être le carcan
qui orne ta gorge ivoirine.

Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle,
Assise auprès du feu, dévidant et filant,
Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous émerveillant:
"Ronsard me célébrait du temps que j'étais belle."

Ny trop haut, ny trop bas, c’est le souverain style;
Tel fut celuy d’Homère, et celuy de Virgile.

Gather the fleet flower of your youth, Take ye your pleasure at the best; Be merry ere your beauty flit, For length of days will tarnish it Like rose… - Pierre de Ronsard

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