Poems of Paul Verlaine

By Verlaine, Paul

Book Id: WPLBN0000621024
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Poems of Paul Verlaine
Author:	Verlaine, Paul
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Excerpt: A LA PROMENADE. The milky sky, the hazy, slender trees, Seem smiling on the light costumes we wear,? Our gauzy floating veils that have an air Of wings, our satins fluttering in the breeze. And in the marble bowl the ripples gleam, And through the lindens of the avenue The sifted golden sun comes to us blue And dying, like the sunshine of a dream. Exquisite triflers and deceivers rare, Tender of heart, but little tied by vows, Deliciously we dally ?neath the boughs, And playfully the lovers plague the fair. Receiving, should they overstep a point, A buffet from a hand absurdly small, At which upon a gallant knee they fall To kiss the little finger?s littlest joint. And as this is a shocking liberty, A frigid glance rewards the daring swain,? Not quite o'erbalancing with its disdain The red mouth?s reassuring clemency.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Poems of Paul Verlaine, 1 -- Paul Verlaine, 1 -- Fetes Galantes [Illustration: ?Clair De Lune], 5 -- CLAIR DE LUNE, 5 -- SUR L'HERBE, 5 -- L' ALLEE, 6 -- A LA PROMENADE, 6 -- LE FAUNE, 7 -- MANDOLINE, 7 -- L'AMOUR PAR TERRE, 7 -- EN SOURDINE, 8 -- COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL, 9 -- La Bonne Chanson, 9 -- SINCE SHADE RELENTS, 9 -- BEFORE YOUR LIGHT QUITE FAIL, 10 -- O'ER THE WOOD'S BROW, 11 -- THE Scene BEHIND THE CARRIAGE WINDOW?PANES, 11 -- THE ROSY HEARTH, THE LAMPLIGHT'S NARROW BEAM, 12 -- IT SHALL BE, THEN, UPON A SUMMER'S DAY, 12 -- Romances sans Paroles, 13 -- Ariettes Oubliees, 13 -- Son joyeux, importun, d'un clavecin sonore.?PETRUS BOREL, 13 -- Paysages Belges, 15 -- BRUXELLES, 15 -- Birds in the Night, 15 -- Aquarelles, 18 -- GREEN, 18 -- SPLEEN, 18 -- STREETS, 19 -- Sagesse, 20 -- WHAT SAYST THOU, TRAVELLER, OF ALL THOU SAW'ST AFAR?, 20 -- THE FALSE FAIR DAYS, 21 -- GIVE EAR UNTO THE GENTLE LAY, 22 -- I'VE SEEN AGAIN THE ONE CHILD: VERILY, 23 -- ?SON, THOU MUST LOVE ME! SEE?? MY SAVIOUR SAID, 23 -- HOPE SHINES?AS IN A STABLE A WISP OF STRAW, 24 -- SLEEP, DARKSOME, DEEP, 24 -- THE SKY?BLUE SMILES ABOVE THE ROOF, 25 -- IT IS YOU, 25 -- 'TIS THE FEAST OF CORN, 26 -- Jadis et Naguere, 27 -- Jadis, 27 -- Naguere, 28 -- Parallelement, 28 -- IMPRESSION FAUSSE, 29 -- Poemes Saturniens, 29 -- PROLOGUE, 29 -- Melancholia, 30 -- Poems of Paul Verlaine -- i