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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

L'ombre des arbres dans la rivière...
Language: French (Français) 
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L'ombre des arbres dans la rivière embrumée
  Meurt comme de la fumée,
Tandis qu'en l'air, parmi les ramures réelles,
  Se plaignent les tourterelles.

Combien, ô voyageur, ce paysage blême
  Te mira blême toi-même,
Et que tristes pleuraient dans les hautes feuillées, -
  Tes espérances noyées.

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  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 9, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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