Nicholas Boileau
Nicholas Boileau
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic...
came france last run smoothly verse
At last came Malherbe, and made verse run smoothly - the first in France to do so.
honour rugged
Honour is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside.