“One evening, I sat Beauty in my lap. — And I found her bitter. — And I cursed her.”

—  Arthur Rimbaud

Un soir, j&#x27;ai assis la Beauté sur mes genoux. - Et je l&#x27;ai trouvée amère. <br class="br">Et je l&#x27;ai injuriée. <br class="br"> Une Saison en Enfer http://www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poesies/Season.html (A Season in Hell) (1873)

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French Decadent and Symbolist poet 1854–1891

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