"Tandis que vostre âge fleuronne En sa plus verte nouveauté, Cueillez, cueillez vostre jeunesse: Comme à ceste fleur la vieillesse Fera ternir vostre beauté."
— Pierre de Ronsard

January 1, 1970

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"À Cassandre (À Sa Maistresse)", st. 3, Odes (1550); as translated by Andrew Lang, Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (1872), p. 26