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  • La Tombe Dit À La Rose (The Grave And The Rose)
    La tombe dit à la rose :
    - Des pleurs dont l'aube t'arrose
    34 lines, 1 comment
  • The Genesis Of The Butterfly
    The dawn is smiling on the dew that covers
    The tearful roses; lo, the little lovers
    19 lines, 1 comment
  • Nox 1
    At the bottom of your thoughts, this is the night you've chosen,
    Prince, you must now make an end of things - the night is frozen
    16 lines
  • More Strong Than Time
    Since I have set my lips to your full cup, my sweet,
    Since I my pallid face between your hands have laid,
    23 lines, 1 comment
  • What The Poet Was Telling Himself In 1848
    You mustn't seek out power, mustn't grab the helm
    Your work lies elsewhere, spirit of another realm,
    28 lines
  • The Poor Children
    Take heed of this small child of earth;
    He is great; he hath in him God most high.
    24 lines
  • Luna
    O France, although you sleep
    We call you, we the forbidden!
    48 lines
  • A Sunset
    I love the evenings, passionless and fair, I love the evens,
    Whether old manor-fronts their ray with golden fulgence leavens,
    55 lines, 1 comment
  • Souvenir De La Nuit Du 4 (Memory Of The Night Of The 4th)
    L'enfant avait reçu deux balles dans la tête.
    Le logis était propre, humble, paisible, honnête ;
    128 lines
  • That Night It Rained
    That night it rained, the tide was high,
    A heavy, grey fog covered all the coast,
    26 lines
  • Letter
    You can see it already: chalks and ochers;
    Country crossed with a thousand furrow-lines;
    44 lines, 1 comment
  • A Song
    Sitting at His table one day,
    God and the devil a game did play;
    19 lines
  • June Nights
    In summer, when day has fled, the plain covered with flowers
    Pours out far away an intoxicating scent;
    8 lines, 4 comments
  • Fable Or History
    Possessed of royal appetite, and feeling rather thin,
    A monkey one day dressed himself in a tiger's skin
    19 lines
  • After The Battle
    MY father, hero of benignant mien,
    On horseback visited the gory scene,
    22 lines
  • They Say:
    They say:"Be prudent" - and then comes this dithyramb:
          Who thinks to strike Nero
    13 lines
  • Tomorrow, At Dawn
    Tomorrow, at dawn, at the hour when the countryside whitens,
    I will set out.  You see, I know that you wait for me.
    13 lines, 2 comments
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