Birds In The Night (Paul Verlaine Poems)
You were not over-patient with me, dear; This want of patience one must rightly rate:You are so young! Youth ever was ...
Paul Verlaine Poems (36 Poems)
What Sayest Thou, Traveller (Paul Verlaine Poems)
What sayst thou, traveller, of all thou saw'st afar? On every tree hangs boredom, ripening to its fall,Didst gather it, thou ...
Since Shade Relents (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Since shade relents, since 'tis indeed the day, Since hope I long had deemed forever flown,Wings back to me that call ...
Clair De Lune (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Your soul is as a moonlit landscape fair, Peopled with maskers delicate and dim,That play on lutes and dance and have ...
‘Tis The Feast Of Corn (Paul Verlaine Poems)
'Tis the feast of corn, 'tis the feast of bread, On the dear scene returned to, witnessed again!So white is the ...
Give Ear Unto The Gentle Lay (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Give ear unto the gentle layThat's only sad that it may please;It is discreet, and light it is:A whiff of ...
It Is You (Paul Verlaine Poems)
It is you, it is you, poor better thoughts!The needful hope, shame for the ancient blots,Heart's gentleness with mind's severity,And ...
A La Promenade (Paul Verlaine Poems)
The milky sky, the hazy, slender trees, Seem smiling on the light costumes we wear,— Our gauzy floating veils that have an ...
Il Pleure dans mon Coeur (Paul Verlaine Poems)
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It Rains in My Heart (Il pleure dans mon coeur) (Paul Verlaine Poems)
It rains in my heartAs it rains on the town,What languor so darkThat it soaks to my heart?Oh sweet sound ...
Ariettes Oubliees (Paul Verlaine Poems)
It weeps in my heartAs it rains on the town.What is this dull smartPossessing my heart?Soft sound of the rainOn ...
L’amour Par Terre (Paul Verlaine Poems)
The wind the other night blew down the Love That in the dimmest corner of the park So subtly used to smile, ...
Oft Do I Dream (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Oft do I dream this strange and penetrating dream:An unknown woman, whom I love, who loves me well,Who does not ...
En Sourdine (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Tranquil in the twilight dense By the spreading branches made,Let us breathe the influence Of the silence and the shade.Let your heart ...
Melancholy (Paul Verlaine Poems)
I am the Empire in the last of its decline,That sees the tall, fair-haired Barbarians pass,—the whileComposing indolent acrostics, in ...
The Scene Behind The Carriage Window Panes (Paul Verlaine Poems)
The scene behind the carriage window-panesGoes flitting past in furious flight; whole plainsWith streams and harvest-fields and trees and blueAre ...
Autumn Song (Paul Verlaine Poems)
With long sobsthe violin-throbsof autumn woundmy heart with languorousand montonoussound.Choking and paleWhen I mind the talethe hours keep,my memory straysdown ...
Hope Shines (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Hope shines—as in a stable a wisp of straw.Fear not the wasp drunk with his crazy flight!Through some chink always, ...
Before Your Light Quite Fail (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Before your light quite fail,Already paling star, (The quailSings in the thyme afar!)Turn on the poet's eyesThat love makes overrun— (See riseThe ...
Son, Thou Must Love Me (Paul Verlaine Poems)
"Son, thou must love me! See" my Saviour said,"My heart that glows and bleeds, my wounded side,My hurt feet that ...
The False Fair Days (Paul Verlaine Poems)
The false fair days have flamed the livelong day,And still they flicker in the brazen West.Cast down thine eyes, poor ...
A Une Femme (Paul Verlaine Poems)
To you these lines for the consoling graceOf your great eyes wherein a soft dream shines,For your pure soul, all-kind!—to ...
Nevermore (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Remembrance, what wilt thou with me? The yearDeclined; in the still air the thrush piped clear,The languid sunshine did incurious ...
I’ve Seen Again The One Child (Paul Verlaine Poems)
I've seen again the One child: verily,I felt the last wound open in my breast,The last, whose perfect torture doth ...
Green (Paul Verlaine Poems)
See, blossoms, branches, fruit, leaves I have brought, And then my heart that for you only sighs;With those white hands of ...
Heavy, My Despair (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Oh, heavy, heavy my despair,Because, because of One so fair.My misery knows no allay,Although my heart has come away.Although my ...
Streets (Paul Verlaine Poems)
Let's dance the jig!Above all else I loved her eyes,More clear than stars of cloudless skies,And arch and mischievous and ...
Mandoline (Paul Verlaine Poems)
The courtly serenaders, The beauteous listeners,Sit idling 'neath the branches A balmy zephyr stirs.It's Tircis and Aminta, Clitandre,—ever there!—Damis, of melting sonnets To many ...
The Piano (Paul Verlaine Poems)
The keyboard, over which two slim hands float,Shines vaguely in the twilight pink and gray,Whilst with a sound like wings, ...
The Rosy Hearth (Paul Verlaine Poems)
The rosy hearth, the lamplight's narrow beam,The meditation that is rather dream,With looks that lose themselves in cherished looks;The hour ...