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Old poetics played a large part in my alchemy of the word.

— Arthur Rimbaud Une Saison en Enfer (A Season in Hell) (1873)

La vieillerie poétique avait une bonne part dans mon alchimie du verbe.

Original text (French)

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Lighter than a cork I danced on the waves.

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Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.

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Sweeter than apples to children
The green water spurted through my pine-wood hull.

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I have seen the sunset, stained with mystic horrors,
Illumine the rolling waves with long purple forms,
Like actors in ancient plays.

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Oh my little mistresses,
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