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

I would be the ribbon
That binds your lovely breast,
I would be the necklace
That adorns your ivory throat.

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

When you are very old, at evening, by candelight,
Sitting near the fire, spooling and spinning the wool,
You will say, in wonder, as you sing my verses,
"Ronsard praised me in the days when I was beautiful."