Easy French Poetry (French Today)

"Le Paresseux" de Marc Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant

05.01.2010 - By French TodayPlay

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This poem in middle French, from the 17th century, is an hymn to indolence. Saint-Amant was a libertin poet, who enjoyed all the pleasures of life, liked to eat, drink, smoke and rest, as depicted in this poem.

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