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Paul Verlaine

The French poet Verlaine gained some notice with the Parnassian poetry of Poèmes saturniens (1866) and Fêtes galantes (1869), in which "Cortège" and "Fantoches" appear, and became a

Amour par Terre, L'

by Paul Verlaine (1844–96)

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The wind the other evening overthrew

The little Love who smiled so mockingly

Down that mysterious alley, so that we,

Remembering, mused thereon a whole day through.

The wind has overthrown him! The poor stone

Lies scattered to the breezes. It is sad

To see the lonely pedestal, that had

The artist's name, scarce visible, alone,

Oh! it is sad to see the pedestal

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What famous singer/songwriter, who is often claimed by poets as one of their own, wrote in the liner notes of one of his albums, "Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem"?

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Bob Dylan

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