God is dead! Heaven is empty-Weep, children,
You no longer have a father.

Dieu est mort! le ciel est vide-Pleurez! enfants,
Vous n'avez plus de pere.

Gerard de Nerval

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Topic

Decline of religion

Author

Gerard de Nerval

Source

Le Christ aux Oliviers Les Chimeres

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

De Nerval, Gerard. "Le Christ aux Oliviers." L'Artiste, 31 Mar. 1844.

Current Citation

De Nerval, Gerard. "Le Christ aux Oliviers." De Nerval: Selected Writings, translated by Richard Sieburth. Penguin Classics, 1999.

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The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society.

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Original Citation

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