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Albert Victor Samain (April 3, 1858 — August 18, 1900) was a French poet and writer of the Symbolist school. is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Symbolism is the applied use of symbols: iconic representations that carry particular conventional meanings. ...

Born in Lille, his family were Flemish and had long lived in the town or its suburbs. At the time of the poet's birth, his father, Jean-Baptiste Samain, and his mother, Elisa-Henriette Mouquet, conducted a business in "wines and spirits" at 75 rue de Paris. ^[1] Samain's father died when he was quite young; it was necessary for him to leave school and seek a trade. He moved to Paris in around 1880, where his poetry won him a following and he began mixing with avant-garde literary society, and began publicly reciting his poems at Le Chat Noir. His poems were strongly influenced by those of Baudelaire, and began to strike a somewhat morbid and elegiac tone. He also was influenced by Verlaine; his works disclose a taste for indecisive, vague imagery. Samain helped found the Mercure de France, and also worked on the Revue des Deux Mondes. For other uses, see Lille (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... â€œBaudelaireâ€ redirects here. ... For other uses, see Elegy (disambiguation). ... Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine (IPA: ; March 30, 1844â€“January 8, 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. ... The Mercure de France was a French gazette and literary magazine first published from 1672 to 1724 (with an interruption in 1674-1677) under the title Mercure galant (sometimes spelled Mercure gallant) (1672-1674) and Nouveau Mercure galant (1677-1724). ... The Revue des Deux Mondes is a monthly literary and cultural affairs magazine published in the French language. ...

Samain published three volumes of verse: Le jardin de l'infante (1893), which made him famous; Aux flancs du vase (1898) and Le Chariot d'or (1901). Samain died of tuberculosis. Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or Tuberculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ...

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Albert Samain

Je rêve de vers doux et d'intimes ramages,

De vers à frôler l'âme ainsi que des plumages,

De vers blonds où le sens fluide se délie

Comme sous l'eau la chevelure d'Ophélie,

De vers silencieux, et sans rythme et sans trame

Où la rime sans bruit glisse comme une rame,

De vers d'une ancienne étoffe, exténuée,

Impalpable comme le son et la nuée,

De vers de soir d'automne ensorcelant les heures

Au rite féminin des syllabes mineures.

De vers de soirs d'amour énervéls de verveine,

Où l'âme sente, exquise, une caresse à peine...

Je rêve de vers doux mourant comme des roses.

--Le jardin de l'infante

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Poems by Albert Samain English translations of Samain's poetry
Poems by Albert Samain (in French): http://poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/samain.html

Categories: 1858 births | 1900 deaths | Deaths by tuberculosis | English poets | Symbolist poets

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Albert Samain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (253 words)
	Albert Victor Samain (April 3, 1858 — August 18, 1900) was a French poet and writer of the Symbolist school.
	Born in Lille, Samain's father died when he was quite young; it was necessary for him to leave school and seek a trade.
	Samain published three volumes of verse: Le jardin de l'infante (1893), which made him famous; Aux flancs du vase (1898) and Le Chariot d'or (1901).

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