The most despairing songs are the loveliest of all,
I know immortal ones composed only of tears.

Les plus désespérés sont les cheints les plus beaux.
Et j’en sais d’immortels qui sont de purs sanglots.

Alfred de Musset

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Topic

Melancholy

Author

Alfred de Musset

Source

A Night in May

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Musset, Alfred. "La nuit de mai [A Night In May]." Revue des Deux Mondes, 15 June 1835.

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