Poems of Paul Verlaine [Paperback]

Paul Verlaine (Author)

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Publication Date: August 7, 2009

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: I COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL N the deserted park, silent and vast, Erewhile two shadowy glimmering figures passed. Their lips were colorless, and dead their eyes; Their words were scarce more audible than sighs. In the deserted park, silent and vast, Two spectres conjured up the buried past. " Our ancient ecstasy, do you recall ? " " Why, pray, should I remember it at all ?" " Does still your heart at mention of me glow ? Do still you see my jsoul in slumber ? " " No! " " Ah, blessed, blissful days when our lips met! You loved me so ! " " Quite likely, — I forget." " How sweet was hope, the sky how blue and fair! " " The sky grew black, the hope became despair." Thus walked they 'mid the frozen weeds, these dead, And Night alone o'erheard the things they said. La Bonne Chanson SINCE shade relents, since 't is indeed the day, Since hope I long had deemed forever flown, Wings back to me that call on her and pray, Since so much joy consents to be my own, — The dark designs all I relinquish here, And all the evil dreams. Ah, done am I Above all with the narrowed lips, the sneer, The heartless wit that laughed where one should sigh. Away, clenched fist and bosom's angry swell, That knave and fool at every turn abound. Away, hard unforgivingness ! Farewell, Oblivion in a hated brewage found! For I mean, now a Being of the Morn Has shed across my night excelling .rays Of love at once immortal and newborn,— By favor of her smile, her glance, her grace, — Since Shade Relents I mean by you upheld, O gentle hand, Wherein mine trembles,—led, sweet eyes,by you, To walk straight, lie the path o'er mossy land Or barren waste that rocks and pebbles strew. Yes, calm I mean to walk through life, and straight, Padent ...

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: General Books LLC (August 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0217029086
• ISBN-13: 978-0217029087
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,124,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars okay for the price., August 8, 2011

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This review is from: Poems of Paul Verlaine (Kindle Edition)

Verlaine's poetry is new to me so I can't rate the tramslation. In the kindle format, no navigable TOC and the poems are formatted as paragraphs, so start here only if u have never encountered Verlaine before and want to get an idea of his content.