The poet makes himself a voyant through a long, immense rea… - Arthur Rimbaud

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The poet makes himself a voyant through a long, immense reasoned deranging of all his senses. All the forms of love, of suffering, of madness; he tries to find himself, he exhausts in himself all the poisons, to keep only their quintessences.

Arthur Rimbaud

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Arthur Rimbaud (20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet.

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Alternative Names: Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud • Rimbaud

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The Poet makes himself a seer through a long, vast and painstaking derangement of all the senses

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