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Philippe Desportes Quotes

1540–1606 France

Philippe Desportes or Desports (1546 – 5 October 1606) was a French poet.

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Il mourut poursuivant une haute aventure;
Le ciel fut son désir, la mer sa sépulture:
Est-il plus beau dessein, ou plus riche tombeau?

Les Amours d'Hippolyte (1573)

Here fell Icarus, that with daring glee
Launched his frail body thro' the airy deep;
Here his unfledgèd corse flung down the steep,
Making all brave hearts wish to fall as he.

Les Amours d'Hippolyte (1573)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Philippe Desportes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.