At last came Malherbe, and he was the first in France to give poetry a proper flow.


L'Art poétique (1674) canto 1, l. 131

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux Quotes

At last came Malherbe, and he was the first in France to give poetry a proper flow.

At last came Malherbe, and he was the first in France to give poetry a proper flow.

At last came Malherbe, and he was the first in France to give poetry a proper flow.

At last came Malherbe, and he was the first in France to give poetry a proper flow.