Le Nouveau Riche
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"Le Nouveau Riche" is a poem by François Maynard (English translation unidentified):
- Pierre who during his youth,
- Was a famous cobbler;
- Is superb of his richness
- And ashamed of his old trade.
- This fortunate merchant of boots
- Owns a park, close to my home,
- Of which the fountains and the grottos
- Are worthy of the houses of the king.
- I am confused when I think
- That he dug a canal there
- By which the magnificent expense
- would astonish the cardinal.
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