Stuart Merrill
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Stuart Merrill (1863-1915) was a American poet, born in Hampstead, New York, who wrote in the French language. He belonged to the Symbolist school.
Educated in Paris, he became a student of Old French texts and was a great admirer of Algernon Charles Swinburne. His principal books of poetry were Les Gammes (1887). Les Fastes (1891), and Petits Poèmes d'Automne (1895).
Quotation:
- Fume l'encens, veille l'amour,
- Dans son lit bleu la vierge est morte;
- Couve le feu, tombe le jour,
- L'Ange, mes soeurs, frappe à la porte.
- --- La Mystérieuse Chanson</i>
External link:
Selected poems (in French) (http://poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/merrill.html)fr:Stuart Merrill