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 vers… - Pierre de Ronsard

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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."