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“London, black as crows and noisy as ducks, prudish with all the vices in evidence, everlastingly drunk, in spite of ridiculous laws about drunkenness, immense, though it is really basically only a collection of scandal-mongering boroughs, vying with each other, ugly and dull, without any monuments except interminable docks.”

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Paul Verlaine
Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine was a significant figure in the Symbolist poetry of 19th-century France, born on March 30, 1844, and died on January 8, 1896. His poetry is renowned for its unique style and profound emotional expression, which has had a profound impact on subsequent poets. more

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