“All perishes. A thing of flesh and pore
Am I. Divine impatience also dies.”

—  Paul Valéry

Allez! Tout fuit! Ma présence est poreuse,
La sainte impatience meurt aussi!
As translated by by C. Day Lewis
Charmes ou poèmes (1922)

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Allez! Tout fuit! Ma présence est poreuse, La sainte impatience meurt aussi!

Charmes ou poèmes (1922)

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