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Doete de Troyes Quotes

1220–1265 France

Doete de Troyes (1220–1265) was a troveresse whose work survives only in fragments. Further verses are attributed to her in the legendary Poésies de Clotilde.

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When comes the beauteous summer time,
And grass grows green once more,
And sparkling brooks the meadows lave
With fertilizing power;—
And when the birds rejoicing sing
Their pleasant songs again,
Filling the vales and woodlands gay
With their enlivening strain;—
Go not at eve nor morn, fair maids,
Unto the mead alone,
To seek the tender violets blue,
And pluck them for your own;
For there a snake lies hid, whose fangs
May leave untouch'd the heel,
But not the less—O not the less,
Your hearts his power shall feel.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Doete de Troyes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.