Grip eloquence by the throat and squeeze It to death. And w… - Paul Verlaine

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Grip eloquence by the throat and squeeze
It to death. And while you're about it
You might corral that runaway, Rhyme,
Or you'll get Rhyme Without End, Amen. Who will denounce that criminal, Rhyme?
Tone-deaf children or crazed foreigners
No doubt fashioned its paste jewellery,
Tinplate on top, hollow underneath.

Paul Verlaine

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Paul-Marie Verlaine (March 30 1844 – January 8 1896) was a French Symbolist poet. He is often characterized as a poète maudit and an example of fin-de-siècle decadence in literature.

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The long sobs of
The violins
Of autumn
Lay waste my heart
With monotones
Of boredom.

And so I leave
On cruel winds
Squalling
And gusting me
Like a dead leaf
Falling.

Il pleure dans mon cœur Comme il pleut sur la ville.
Quelle est cette langueur
Qui pénètre mon cœur?

Grip eloquence by the throat and squeeze It to death. And while you're about it You might corral that runaway, Rhyme, Or you'll get Rhyme Without End… - Paul Verlaine

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