Benáres, that name is full of odours which have fled. By th… - Paul-Jean Toulet

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Benáres, that name is full of odours which have fled.
By thy shores I saw the smoke from the pyres of three dead.

Paul-Jean Toulet

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Paul-Jean Toulet (1867–1920) was a French poet. He is famous for a book of verse, Les Contrerimes.

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Benáres, that name is full of odours which have fled. By thy shores I saw the smoke from the pyres of three dead. - Paul-Jean Toulet

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