Category: 15th Century
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“The Author to Her Book” by Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672
“…I washed thy face, but more defects I saw, And rubbing off a spot still made a flaw.”—Anne Bradstreet
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![“The Art of Poetry [an excerpt]” by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636 – 1711)](https://stanzaandstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nicolas_boileau.png?w=632)
“The Art of Poetry [an excerpt]” by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636 – 1711)
An Excerpt from a #Poem: “…One perfect whole, of all the pieces join’d. Keep your subject close, in all you say; Nor for a sounding Sentence ever stray.”
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“Orlando Furioso Canto 1” by Ludovico Ariosto (1474 – 1533)
“…For here was seized his dame of peerless charms, (How often human judgment wanders wide)! Whom in long warfare he had kept from harms, From western climes to eastern shores her guide…”
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“To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672)
“Thy love is such I can no way repay; The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.”
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“Before the Birth of One of her Children” by Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672)
“…And if thou love thyself, or loved’st me, These O protect from stepdame’s injury. And if chance to thine eyes shall bring this verse, With some sad sighs honor my absent hearse;…”