And greet the morn
Fill me with rays of joy
So my shepherdess
A pure princess
May this new day enjoy.
Blonde tumbling hair
Beyond compare
A waist nymph-like and thin
Her twinkling eye
Like celestial sky
Heralds the star of spring.
Her soft skin glows
Like a dew-drenched rose
With a freshness quite complete
No ermine fur
Could equal her
Nor lily be half as sweet!
(c) Poet in the woods 2014
She was the mistress and favourite of French King Henry IV - end 16th century
poem based on a French text (a 1966 homework!)
This painting hangs in the Louvre.
Your translation?
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