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And now comes the summer of violence
And my youth is as dead as the springtime
O Sun it is the time of fiery Reason

— Guillaume Apollinaire Calligrammes (1918)

Voici que vient l'été la saison violente
Et ma jeunesse est morte ainsi que le printemps
Ô soleil c'est le temps de la raison ardente

Original text (French)

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