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  • Poemes Saturniens - Prologue
    The Sages of old time, well worth our own,
    Believed--and it has been disproved by none--
    19 lines
  • Vers Libres
    J’admire l’ambition du Vers Libre, -
    Et moi-même que fais-je en ce moment
    23 lines
  • Sur L'Herbe
    "The abbe rambles."--"You, marquis,
      Have put your wig on all awry."--
    13 lines
  • The Keyboard, Over Which Two Slim Hands Float
    The keyboard, over which two slim hands float,
    Shines vaguely in the twilight pink and gray,
    12 lines
  • Jadis - Prologue
    Off, be off, now, graceless pack:
    Get you gone, lost children mine:
    23 lines
  • Naguere - Prologue
    Glimm'ring twilight things are these,
    Visions of the end of night.
    18 lines
  • The Sky-Blue Smiles Above The Roof
    The sky-blue smiles above the roof
          Its tenderest;
    18 lines
  • The Trees' Reflection In The Misty Stream
    The trees' reflection in the misty stream
      Dies off in livid steam;
    8 lines
  • Mon Reve Familier
    Oft do I dream this strange and penetrating dream:
    An unknown woman, whom I love, who loves me well,
    16 lines
  • Bruxelles
    Hills and fences hurry by
    Blent in greenish-rosy flight,
    13 lines
  • L' Allee
    Powdered and rouged as in the sheepcotes' day,
    Fragile 'mid her enormous ribbon bows,
    13 lines
  • Apres Trois Ans
    When I had pushed the narrow garden-door,
    Once more I stood within the green retreat;
    16 lines
  • Epilogue
    The sun, less hot, looks from a sky more clear;
    The roses in their sleepy loveliness
    104 lines
  • Langueur
    I am the Empire in the last of its decline,
    That sees the tall, fair-haired Barbarians pass,--the while
    16 lines
  • Impression Fausse
    Dame mouse patters
    Black against the shadow grey;
    28 lines
  • Il Bacio
    Kiss! Hollyhock in Love's luxuriant close!
      Brisk music played on pearly little keys,
    18 lines
  • Le Rossignol
    Like to a swarm of birds, with jarring cries
    Descend on me my swarming memories;
    17 lines
  • Oh, Heavy, Heavy My Despair
    Oh, heavy, heavy my despair,
    Because, because of One so fair.
    22 lines
  • Spleen
    The roses were so red, so red,
      The ivies altogether black.
    16 lines
  • Le Faune
    An ancient terra-cotta Faun,
      A laughing note in 'mid the green,
    8 lines
  • Chanson D'Automne
    Leaf-strewing gales
    Utter low wails
    19 lines
  • Colloque Sentimental
    In the deserted park, silent and vast,
    Erewhile two shadowy glimmering figures passed.
    22 lines
  • The Young Fools (Les Ingénus)
    High-heels were struggling with a full-length dress
    So that, between the wind and the terrain,
    13 lines
  • It Shall Be, Then, Upon A Summer's Day
    It shall be, then, upon a summer's day:
      The sun, my joy's accomplice, bright shall shine,
    13 lines
  • It Weeps In My Heart
    It weeps in my heart
    As it rains on the town.
    18 lines
  • It Rains in My Heart (Il pleure dans mon coeur)
    It rains in my heart
    As it rains on the town,
    44 lines
  • I've Seen Again The One Child
    I've seen again the One child: verily,
    I felt the last wound open in my breast,
    14 lines
  • The Rosy Hearth
    The rosy hearth, the lamplight's narrow beam,
    The meditation that is rather dream,
    10 lines
  • The Tree's Reflection
    The trees' reflection in the misty stream
    Dies off in livid steam;
    8 lines
  • Give Ear Unto The Gentle Lay
    Give ear unto the gentle lay
    That's only sad that it may please;
    28 lines
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