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Pierre Le Moyne  : Saint Louis

Robert Southey to Joseph Cottle, 28 July 1797: 'Since you left me I have been reading the Saint Louis of Le Moyne: an epic poem in 18 books. Le Moyne had genius — but he has introduced the most incredibly ridiculous thing in his poem. Louis is wounded with a poisoned arrow, for which there is no earthly cure, but he is healed by the waters of a fountain in which the Virgin Mary had, on the way to Egypt, washed her little boys clouts!'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Southey      Print: Book

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