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

— Arthur Rimbaud Le Bateau Ivre (The Drunken Boat) (1871)

Plus douce qu'aux enfants la chair des pommes sures,
L'eau verte pénétra ma coque de sapin.

Original text (French)

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Lighter than a cork I danced on the waves.

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