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For where's the state beneath the firmament That doth excel the bees for government? — Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

Poem

For where's the state beneath the firmament That doth excel the bees for government?

In the original French

Qui pourrait trouver règlement sous le Ciel, Plus beau que celui-là de nos Mouches à miel?

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas
1578
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De Saluste du Bartas, Guillaume. La Semaine; ou Creation du monde [The First Week; or the Creation of the World]. Paris: Michel Gadoulleau and Jean Febvrier, 1578, first week, fifth day, pt. 1.

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