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votre destinée. Mais, votre douleur maternelle, confiée à vos éloquentes élégies, vivra longtemps dans vos vers." ("Born to be a lover, wife, mother and passionate patriot, to be an excellent daughter, a faithful and generous friend, you must have suffered a lot. Such has been your destiny. But, your maternal grief, enshrined in your eloquent elegies, will live forever in your verse.")
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She became increasingly well known in literate circles for her elegies and, in 1815, published an elegy on the death of Ducis. He wrote of her, "Née pour être amante, épouse, mère et patriote passionnée, pour être excellente fille, fidèle et généreuse amie, vous avez dû souffrir beaucoup. Telle a été
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