The Poet makes himself a seer through a long, vast and painstaking derangement of all the senses.
ARTHUR RIMBAUDO seasons, O castles, What soul is without flaws? All its lore is known to me, Felicity, it enchants us all.
More Arthur Rimbaud Quotes
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You feel on your lips a kiss Fluttering, a tiny scrap of life.
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What an old maid I’m getting to be. Lacking the courage to be in love with death!
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Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.
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Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!
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The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.
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Come from forever, and you will go everywhere.
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I may die of earthly love, or of devotion.
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A man who wants to mutilate himself is certainly damned, isn’t he?
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A thousand Dreams within me softly burn: From time to time my heart is like some oak Whose blood runs golden where a branch is torn.
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I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
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Oh! If only we were naked now, and free to watch our protruding parts align; To whisper – both of us – in ecstasy!
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Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed.
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As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen.
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Yet this is the watch by night. Let us all accept new strength, and real tenderness. And at dawn, armed with glowing patience, we will enter the cities of glory.
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But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.
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