Alfred de Musset: Idézetek angolul
“So from my chastened soul beneath thy ray
Old love is born anew.”
Remembrance.
Kontextus: 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.
“I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me.”
Je ne puis;—malgré moi l'infini me tourmente.
L'Espoir en Dieu http://books.google.com/books?id=AyxCAAAAcAAJ&q=%22Malgr%C3%A9+moi+l'infini+me+tourmente%22&pg=PA522#v=onepage, Revue des deux Mondes (1838).
This quotation is useful for explanations of the period of art nouveau, and the causes of the art movement.
Confession d'un Enfant du Siécle (1836)(translation)