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What have you? poor lover, whose half-dead soulSighs with sobs to the wind that carries them away.Blame no one but yourself. Your evil is your desire,And what you complain of is your own pleasure.Thou hast no rest but that which torments thee,And thou rejoicest in the evil of which thou goest sighing,Drinking the bittersweetness that […]

The violin, with a deep song of sadness,Fills the sweet night, mingles with the sounds of the horns,The sylphs go weeping like a distressed soul,And the hearts of the trees wail like the dead. The breath of the Watchman animates each leaf;To bitter memories the woods open their bosoms;The birds are dreamy; and under the […]

The quiet habit with silent handsBinds up, day by day, our greatest wounds;It puts its sure bandages on our heartsAnd pours its forgetful oils on them without end; The noblest sorrows, which would defend themselves,Desiring to endure for the love they contain,Feel the need dear to them and which they maintainBecome, in spite of themselves, […]

The caresses of the eyes are the most adorable;They bring the soul to the limits of being,And deliver secrets otherwise ineffable,In which only the heart can appear. The purest kisses are rude to them;Their language is stronger than all words;Nothing expresses like it the immortal thingsThat pass by in moments in our frivolous beings. When […]

Angels, Thrones and Dominations,Principality, Archangels, Cherubim,Bow down to the lower regionsWith Virtues, Potestates, Seraphim,Transvolve from the high crystal heavensTo decorate the triumphant entranceAnd the most worthy birth adored,The holy concept by mysteries very highOf the Virgin, where all grace abounds,Decreed by said imperiaulxThe most beautiful that ever was in the world. Make sermons and preaching,Carmelite […]

Come to our splendid parties!Here banquets, there concerts, elsewhere balls.Diamonds shine on the heads,The wine reddens the crystal cups.This haughty luxury which everywhere unfolds,The people will pay for it in big money.Municipalities, in the distance, drive out the crowd.Let’s have fun! What a beautiful feast! Precious and rare dishes,Every morsel of which was bought at […]

Unproductive!… Coffins, lead weights, sepulchral stones,Bones even, industry will know how to use them well!How our hands tear up the annals of the past!Progress comes, these walls prevent it from passing: Roll down, ancient bridges! Down, feudal towers!We need debris to raise ourselves up,We shall think ourselves greater in size and in thoughtWhen nothing will […]

Yes, from the moment I saw you,Fierce beauty, you pleased me;Of the love I took in your eyes,At once you saw yourself;But with what cold air you receivedAll the care I took for you!How many sighs I gave!How cruel you were!And what deep disdain you hadFor the wishes I offered you!In vain I prayed, I […]

Love you seem to the phalanx that pointsHe from his tail, and thou from thy breast:Of both is the mortal shoe,That stirs in the heart, and so does not appear. Without suffering evil you lead me to the pointOf hard death, and if I see not by whatI die, nor by what marrowYour venom is […]