Kiss given to a PoetMargaret, daughter of James I. of Scotland and wife of Louis XI. (when only dauphin), kissed the mouth of Alain Chartier “for uttering so many fine things.” Chartier, however, was a decidedly ugly man, and, of course, was asleep at the time. The tale is sometimes erroneously told of Ronsard the poet. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Kiss given to a Poet from Infoplease:
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