Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle

Charles Marie Leconte de Lisle was born on October 22, 1818 in Saint-Paul on the Île de la Réunion, an overseas department of France. Leconte de Lisle’s father was a former army surgeon, and he was raised in a strict

Black Panther, The

by Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (1818–94)

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Along the rosy cloud light steals and twinkles;

The East is flecked with golden filigree:

Night from her loosened necklace slowly sprinkles

Pearl-clusters on the sea.

Clasped on the bosom of the sparkling azure

Soft skirts of flame trail like a flowing train,

And cast on emerald blades a bright emblazure,

Like drops of fiery rain.

The dew shines, like a sheaf of splendour shaken,

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