. .. … Arthur Rimbaud Childhood (from: Illuminations) I That idol, black eyes and yellow mop, without parents or court, nobler than Mexican and Flemish fables; his domain, insolent azure and verdure, runs over beaches called by the shipless waves, names ferociously Greek,...
. .. … Arthur Rimbaud Evening Prayer I live sitting down, like an angel in the hands of a barber, Grasping a heavily fluted mug, My belly and my neck are bent, a cheap pipe in my teeth Beneath air swollen with impalpable clouds. ...
. .. … Arthur Rimbaud Ophelia Introduction OPHELIA by Arthur Rimbaud. “Ophélie” was written by Arthur Rimbaud in 1870 and accompanied a letter sent to the poet and critic Théodore de Banville, who was an important figure of the Parisian literary scene and whom Rimbaud admired and...
As I drifted on a river I could not control, No longer guided by the bargemen’s ropes. They were captured by howling Indians Who nailed them naked to coloured posts. I cared no more for other boats or cargoes: Flemish wheat or English cottons, all were gone When...
