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Gerard Labruine

I lived from 1808-1855. I was from France, and am in the European category.

Gerard Labruine believed that he was descended from the Roman emperor Nerva, which is why he chose the pseudonym: Gerard de Nerval.

My poetry

  • Golden Sayings
    All things feel- Pythagoras
    18 lines
  • Fantasy
    There is a melody for which I would surrender
    All Rossini, all Mozart, all Weber,
    19 lines
  • To J-Y Colonna
    Do you know, Daphne, of this old romance
    Under the sycomore . .. or white laurel branch,
    18 lines
  • El Desdichado
    I am the dark one, -the widower; -the unconsoled,
    The prince of Aquitaine at his stricken tower:
    18 lines

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