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Dis-moi ton coeur parfois s'envole-t-il, Agathe,Loin du noir océan de l'immonde citéVers un autre océan où la splendeur éclate,Bleu, clair, profond..

Is it not pleasant, now we are tired,and tarnished, like other men, to search for those firesin the furthest East, where, again, we might..

Á NadarDo you know, as I do, delicious sadnessand make others say of you: ‘Strange man!’- I was dying. In my soul, singular illness,desire and horror..

Pluviôse, irrité contre la ville entière,De son urne à grands flots verse un froid ténébreuxAux pâles habitants du voisin cimetièreEt la mortalité..

Your head, your gesture, your air,are lovely, like a lovely landscape:laughter’s alive, in your face,a fresh breeze in a clear atmosphere.The dour..

À Victor HugoAnt-like city, city full of dreams,where the passer-by, at dawn, meets the spectre!Mysteries everywhere are the sap that streamsthrough..

I've not forgotten, near to the town,our white house, small but alone:its Pomona of plaster, its Venus of oldhiding nude limbs in the meagre..

Du temps que la Nature en sa verve puissanteConcevait chaque jour des enfants monstrueux,J'eusse aimé vivre auprès d'une jeune géante,Comme aux pieds..

Higher there, higher, far from the ways,from the farms and the valleys, beyond the trees,beyond the hills and the grasses’ haze,far from the..

Here’s the criminal’s friend, delightful evening:come like an accomplice, with a wolf’s loping:slowly the sky’s vast vault hides each feature,and..

It was in her white skirts that he loved to seeher run straight through the branches and leaves, gracefully,but still gauche, and hiding her leg from..

Reveille was sounding on barrack-squares,and the wind of dawn blew on lighted stairs.It was the hour when a swarm of evil visionstorments swarthy..

Homme libre, toujours tu chériras la mer!La mer est ton miroir; tu contemples ton âmeDans le déroulement infini de sa lame,Et ton esprit n'est pas un..

La Haine est le tonneau des pâles Danaïdes;La Vengeance éperdue aux bras rouges et fortsÀ beau précipiter dans ses ténèbres videsDe grands seaux..

Le soleil s'est couvert d'un crêpe. Comme lui,Ô Lune de ma vie! emmitoufle-toi d'ombreDors ou fume à ton gré; sois muette, sois sombre,Et plonge tout..

It is Death, alas, persuades us to keep on living:the goal of life and the only hope we have,like an elixir, rousing, intoxicating, givingthe..

In order to write my chaste verses I’ll lielike an astrologer near to the skyand, by the bell-towers, listen in dreamto their solemn hymns on the..

Toi qui, comme un coup de couteau,Dans mon coeur plaintif es entrée;Toi qui, forte comme un troupeauDe démons, vins, folle et parée,De mon esprit..

Old courtesans in washed-out armchairs,pale, eyebrows blacked, eyes ‘tender’, ‘fatal’,simpering still, and from their skinny earsloosing their..

Une nuit que j'étais près d'une affreuse Juive,Comme au long d'un cadavre un cadavre étendu,Je me pris à songer près de ce corps venduÀ la triste..

Today Space is fine!Like a horse mount this wine,without bridle, spurs, bit,for a heaven divine!We, two angels they torturewith merciless fever,will..

IIn the anatomical platesdisplayed on the dusty quayswhere many a dry book sleepsmummified, as in ancient days,drawings to which the gravityand skill..

Quand Don Juan descendit vers l'onde souterraineEt lorsqu'il eut donné son obole à Charon,Un sombre mendiant, l'oeil fier comme Antisthène,D'un bras..

To the too-dear, to the too-beautiful,who fills my heart with clarity,to the angel, to the immortal idol,All hail, in immortality!She flows through..

Your feet are as slender as hands, your hips, to me,wide enough for the sweetest white girl’s envy:to the wise artist your body is sweet and dear,and..