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THE ART OF POETRY

  

From the French of Paul Verlaine

  

To Charles Morice

  

Music before everything; and for that

Prefer what is odd, the more frail,

More diffuse in the air, not a note

That is likely to pull or impale.

 ... 

Translated by Alan Marshfield 


(For full translation see the Kindle ebook The Translations of Alan Marshfield)   

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