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Oui, l'?uvre sort plus belle
D'une forme au travail
Rebelle,
Vers, marbre, onyx, émail.
--
Yes, the work comes out more fair, From a form that rebels against Handling, Verse, marble, onyx, enamel.
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"L'Art", line 1, in Émaux et Camées (1852; Gen?ve: Librairie Droz, 1947) p. 130; Earl Jeffrey Richards (ed.) Christine de Pizan and Medieval French Lyric (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998) p. 32.

 

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