As all the perfumes of the vanished day Rise from the earth… - Alfred de Musset

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As all the perfumes of the vanished day
Rise from the earth still moistened with the dew
So from my chastened soul beneath thy ray
Old love is born anew.

Alfred de Musset

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Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century).

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Alternative Names: Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay • Alfred De Musset • Louis Charles Alfred Musset • Alfred de Musset-Pathay • Alfred Louis Charles de Musset

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