Classic Poetry Series Marceline Desbordes- Valmore - poems - Publication Date: 2012
Publisher: Poemhunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive 1
(20 June 1786 23 July 1859) was a French poet. She was born in Douai. Following the French Revolution, her family emigrated to Guadeloupe. In 1817 she married her second husband, the actor Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore. She published Élégies et Romances, her first poetic work, in 1819. Her melancholy, elegiacal poems are admired for their grace and profound emotion. Marceline appeared as an actress and singer in Douai, Rouen, the Opéra- Comique in Paris, and the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, where she notably played Rosine in Beaumarchais's Le Barbier de Séville. She retired from the stage in 1823. She later became friends with the novelist Honoré de Balzac, and he once wrote that she was an inspiration for the title character of La Cousine Bette. Her poetry is also known for taking on dark and depressing themes, which reflects her troubled life. She is the only female writer included in the famous Les poètes maudits anthology published by Paul Verlaine in 1884. A volume of her poetry was among the books in Friedrich Nietzsche's library. She died in Paris. 2
A L'Amour 3
A Ma Soeur Cécile 4
A Rouen, Rue Ancrière 5
Allez En Paix 6
Ame Et Jeunesse 7
Amour, Divin Rôdeur 8
Apart (Les Séparés) Do not write. I am sad, and want my light put out. Summers in your absence are as dark as a room. I have closed my arms again. They must do without. To knock at my heart is like knocking at a tomb. Do not write! Do not write. Let us learn to die, as best we may. Did I love you? Ask God. Ask yourself. Do you know? To hear that you love me, when you are far away, Is like hearing from heaven and never to go. Do not write! Do not write. I fear you. I fear to remember, For memory holds the voice I have often heard. To the one who cannot drink, do not show water, The beloved one's picture in the handwritten word. Do not write! Do not write those gentle words that I dare not see, It seems that your voice is spreading them on my heart, Across your smile, on fire, they appear to me, It seems that a kiss is printing them on my heart. Do not write! 9
Au Livre De Léopardi 10
Aux Trois Aimés 11
Avant Toi 12
Aveu D'Une Femme 13
Cigale 14
Crois-Moi 15
Croyance 16
Dernière Entrevue 17
Dors! 18
Dors-Tu? 19
Fierté, Pardonne-Moi! 20
Fleur D'Enfance 21
Hiver 22
Inès 23
J'Avais Froid 24
Je L'Ai Promis 25
Je Ne Sais Plus, Je Ne Veux Plus 26
Jeune Homme Irrité 27
Jour D'Orient 28
La Couronne Effeuillée 29
La Fidèle 30
La Fleur D'Eau 31
La Jeune Châtelaine 32
La Jeune Fille Et Le Ramier 33
La Lune Des Fleurs 34
La Maison De Ma Mère 35
La Mère Qui Pleure 36
La Ronce 37
La Rose Flamande 38
La Sincère 39
La Voix D'Un Ami 40
Laisse-Nous Pleurer 41
L'Âme Errante 42
L'Ami D'Enfance 43
L'Amour 44
L'Attente 45
Le Beau Jour 46
Le Bouquet Sous La Croix 47
Le Coucher D'Un Petit Garçon 48
Le Dernier Rendez-Vous 49
Le Grillon 50
Le Luxembourg 51
Le Nid Solitaire 52
Le Papillon Malade 53
Le Pardon 54
Le Portrait 55
Le Premier Amour 56
Le Rendez-Vous 57
Le Réveil 58
Le Rossignol Aveugle 59
Le Secret 60
Le Soir 61
Le Souvenir 62
Le Ver Luisant 63
L'Églantine 64
L'Église D'Arona 65
L'Enfant Au Miroir 66
L'Entrevue Au Ruisseau 67
Les Cloches Du Soir 68
Les Cloches Et Les Larmes 69
Les Deux Amitiés 70
Les Éclairs 71
Les Roses 72
Les Roses De Saadi 73
Les Séparés (N'Écris Pas...) 74
L'Esclave Et L'Oiseau 75
L'Espoir 76
L'Horloge Arrêtée 77
L'Impossible 78
L'Imprudence 79
L'Innocence 80
Loin Du Monde 81
L'Oreiller D'Un Enfant 82
Ma Chambre 83
Malheur À Moi 84
Ne Fuis Pas Encore 85
Plus De Chants 86
Point D'Adieu 87
Pourquoi? 88
Prière Pour Lui 89
Quand Le Fil De Ma Vie... 90
Qu'En Avez-Vous Fait? 91
Refuge 92
Regarde-Le 93
Regret 94
Renoncement 95
Rêve D'Une Femme 96
Sans L'Oublier 97
S'Il L'Avait Su 98
Simple Histoire 99
Soir D'Été 100
Solitude 101
Son Image 102
Son Retour 103
Toi Qui M'As Tout Repris... 104
Toi! 105
Tristesse 106
Trop Tard 107
Tu N'Auras Pas Semé... 108
Un Arc De Triomphe 109
Un Billet De Femme 110
Un Cri 111
Un Moment 112
Une Lettre De Femme 113
Une Ruelle De Flandre 114
Veillée 115