I have bathed in the Poem of the Sea, steeped in
Stars, and milky, devouring the green azures.

Je me suis baigné dans le Poème De la Mer, infusé
D'astres, et lactescent, Dévorant les azurs verts.

Arthur Rimbaud

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Topic

Ocean and sea

Author

Arthur Rimbaud

Source

The Drunken Boat

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1871 1870s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le Bateau Ivre [The Drunken Boat]." Les Poetes Maudits, edited by Paul Verlaine. Paris, 1884.

Current Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le bateau ivre/The Drunken Boat." Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, a Bilingual Edition, translated by Wallace Fowlie. University of Chicago Press, 2005.

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The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.

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Kate Chopin
Source
The Awakening
Medium
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English
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899, ch. 6.

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Chopin, Kate. "The Awakening." The Awakening and Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 6.

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Marriage must ceaselessly combat a monster that devours everything: habit.

Honoré de Balzac

Physiologie du Mariage

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Honoré de Balzac
Source
Physiologie du Mariage
Language
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Time
1829 1820s 19th century
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Citation

De Balzac, Honoré. Physiologie du mariage [Physiology of Marriage]. Paris, 1829, pt. 1, meditation 5, no. 47.