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from the FRENCH of Gérard de Nerval
 
EL DESDICHADO
 
I am the Shadow—Widowed—Unconsoled,
The Prince of Aquitaine of Castle Wrack:
My only Star is dead,—my lute of stars untold
Emblazons Melancholy’s Sun of Black.
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Gérard de Nerval (translated by Alan Marshfield)
(For full translation see the Kindle ebook The Translations of Alan Marshfield)
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