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Quotes from Charmes ou poèmes — Paul Valéry

1871–1945 France

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All perishes. A thing of flesh and pore
Am I. Divine impatience also dies.

Charmes ou poèmes (1922)

This quiet roof, where dove-sails saunter by,
Between the pines, the tombs, throbs visibly.
Impartial noon patterns the sea in flame —
That sea forever starting and re-starting.
When thought has had its hour, oh how rewarding
Are the long vistas of celestial calm!

Charmes ou poèmes (1922)

What grace of light, what pure toil goes to form
The manifold diamond of the elusive foam!
What peace I feel begotten at that source!
When sunlight rests upon a profound sea,
Time's air is sparkling, dream is certainty —
Pure artifice both of an eternal Cause.

Charmes ou poèmes (1922)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Paul Valéry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.