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"Have I exceeded my poetical licence?" said Voiture, dropping on one knee.

"Ah! the follies of youth are now as nothing in my sight, God be praised!" said Anne; "I have long learnt to fix my wandering thoughts on graver subjects than the vain flatteries in which the young delight. Still, your verses are charming, and you must copy them for me." She extended her hand, which Voiture kissed with all possible devotion.

"I do not often," replied he, "task my memory with such trifles; but your Majesty's commands would impress the very air that passes on my mind."

"I should like," interrupted Christina, "to have seen the Duke of Buckingham; there was