I used to walk by the river An old book under my arm The river is the same as pain It elapses mindlessly And when will the week be over - Guillaume Apollinaire

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I used to walk by the river
An old book under my arm
The river is the same as pain
It elapses mindlessly
And when will the week be over

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About Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire (26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent who was hugely influential as a Modernist poet and as a spokesman for the Cubist painters. His original name appears in many forms along the lines of Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris Kostrowitzky or Wąż-Kostrowicki.

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Alternative Names: Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki • Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki • Guillaume Apolinaire • Guillaume de Kostrowisky • Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky • Guillaume De Kostrowisky • Guillaume Albert Wladimir Alexandre Apollinaire de Kostrowitzky • Wilhelm Albert Wladimir Alexander Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky • Guillaume Albert Vladimir Alexandre Apollinaire de Kostrowicky • Guillaume Apollinaire (Wilhelm Apollinaris De Kostrowitski) • Kostrowicka • Kostro • Apollinaire, Guillaume • Fernand Laviet
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