Charles Cotin

Charles Cotin , often called the abbot Cotin (v. 1604 with Paris - 1682 in Paris), is a man of the church and poet French.

Preacher and chaplain of the king, it was made of its time a rather great reputation by its sermons, its poetries and its scholarship, and was allowed with the French Academy the January 7th 1655. Latinist, hellenist, hébraïste and author of many poetries, he also wrote theological works.

Its translation of the Cantique of the Canticles evokes more the galantery of use in the literary living rooms than he attended than crowned poetry. It is known violently to have criticized the Satires of Boileau which returned to him well. Molière made of him the character of Trissotin in the erudite Women .

Sonnet

With the reign of the Dawn, with the door of the day

I worts parmy drink my maintained life

And quoy that my ugliness was recognized enough

I estois the passion of the Nymphs of surrounding.

Since I ay left this pleasant stay

the luxury retain me, avarice kills to me,

And is necessary that without delay my tasche continues

In order to satisfy and the city and Court.

I age every year and I renew myself,

I die without seeing my race: O Cruel nature!

It made me deformed and my work is beautiful.

I intertwine moy-même with the nets of parks

And by a fate equal to celuy of a Monarch

It buries me in a rich person tomb.

meslées Works (1659)

Works

Jerusalem afflicted, or Meditation on the lessons of Darkness (1634);
Collection of the enigmas of this time (1646). Republication: 2003;
Théoclée, or Vraye philosophy of the principles of the world (1646);
New Collection of various rondos (1650);
Treated immortal heart (1655);
meslées Works, container: enigmas, odes, sonnets and epigrams (1659);
the pastoral one crowned, or Paraphrase of the Canticle of the Canticles according to the letter (1660);
Funeral oration for lord Abel Servien, minister of state and superintendent of finances (1659);
the Menagerie: with Her Royal Highness Miss (1660), satire against Gilles Spares;
Reflections on the control of the king (1663);
gallant Works in prose and worms of Mr Cotin (1663);
royal Odes on the marriages of the princesses of Nemours (1665);
Criticism not involved on the satyrs in time (1666);
Poësies chrestiennes of the abbot Cotin (1668).

External bond

Biographical note of the French Academy

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