Time & Brevity
Chanson D'Automne
Translated by Gertrude Hall (1895) · From Poèmes saturniens (1866)
Time & Brevity
Leaf-strewing gales
Utter low wails
Like violins,--
Till on my soul
Their creeping dole
Stealthily wins....
Days long gone by!
In such hour, I,
Choking and pale,
Call you to mind,--
Then like the wind
Weep I and wail.
And, as by wind
Harsh and unkind,
Driven by grief,
Go I, here, there,
Recking not where,
Like the dead leaf.
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Verlaine, Paul. “Chanson D'Automne.” Translated by Gertrude Hall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/verlaine/49/.
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Verlaine, Paul. “Chanson D'Automne.” Translated by Gertrude Hall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/verlaine/49/.
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