“Lighter than a cork I danced on the waves.”

Plus léger qu'un bouchon j'ai dansé sur les flots.
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Le Bateau Ivre http://www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poesies/Boat.html (The Drunken Boat) (1871)

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Plus léger qu'un bouchon j'ai dansé sur les flots.

Le Bateau Ivre http://www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poesies/Boat.html (The Drunken Boat) (1871)

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