Paul Verlaine





Paul Verlaine

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born
in Metz, France
March 30, 1844

died
January 08, 1896

gender
male

genre


About this author

Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.


Average rating: 4.12 · 1,983 ratings · 74 reviews · 106 distinct works · Similar authors
Selected Poems
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 1916 — 12 editions
Poemes Saturniens
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 1866 — 5 editions
Fêtes galantes / Romances s...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1874 — 2 editions
One Hundred and One Poems b...
by
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1999
Paul Verlaine - Oeuvres poé...
4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions
The Cursed Poets
by
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions
Romances Sans Paroles
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1874 — 4 editions
Chansons Pour Elle Et Autre...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2002
Femmes/Hombres, Women/Men
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1979 — 11 editions
Poésies
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions
More books by Paul Verlaine…
“Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville.

Tears are shed in my heart like the rain on the town.”
Paul Verlaine, One Hundred and One Poems by Paul Verlaine: A Bilingual Edition

“Your soul is a chosen landscape
Where charming masked and costumed figures go
Playing the lute and dancing and almost
Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.

All sing in a minor key
Of all-conquering love and careless fortune
They do not seem to believe in their happiness
And their song mingles with the moonlight.

The still moonlight, sad and beautiful,
Which gives the birds to dream in the trees
And makes the fountain sprays sob in ecstasy,
The tall, slender fountain sprays among the marble statues.”
Paul Verlaine

“Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches, and here is my heart which beats only for you. ”
Paul Verlaine