Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, a la chandelle, Assise aupres du feu, devidant et filant, Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous emerveillant: 'Ronsard me celebrait du temps que j'etais belle.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ronsard predicts an elderly woman will recall his verses praising her youthful beauty.
- In plain terms
- Old age will remember the poet celebrating her youth.
- What can you take from it?
- Art preserves beauty against time.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does art truly preserve us?
- What survives youth?
Another view
Praising beauty can ignore inner value.
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Cueillez des aujourd'hui les roses de la vie.
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