by François de Malherbe (1555 - 1628)
Belle âme qui fus mon flambeau
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Language: French (Français)
Belle âme qui fus mon flambeau, Reçois l'honneur qu'en ce tombeau Je suis obligé de te rendre ; Ce que je fais te sert de peu ; Mais au moins tu vois en la cendre Comme j'en conserve le feu.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Œuvres de Malherbe, volume 1, ed. by M. L. Lalanne, Paris: Hachette, 1862, page 272.
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- by François de Malherbe (1555 - 1628), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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