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 +'''Albert Victor Samain''' ([[April 3]], [[1858]] — [[August 18]], [[1900]]) was a [[French language|French]] poet and writer of the [[Symbolism|Symbolist]] school.
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 +Born in [[Lille]], his family were [[Flemish people|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. 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 [[Charles Baudelaire|Baudelaire]], and began to strike a somewhat morbid and [[elegy|elegiac]] tone. He also was influenced by [[Paul Verlaine|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]]''.
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 +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). His poetic drama ''[[Polyphème]]'' was set to music by [[Jean Cras]]. Samain died of [[tuberculosis]].
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 +==Quotation==
 +<i>
 +: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.</i>
 +
 +:::::--''Le jardin de l'infante''
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Albert Victor Samain (April 3, 1858 — August 18, 1900) was a French poet and writer of the Symbolist school.

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. 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.

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). His poetic drama Polyphème was set to music by Jean Cras. Samain died of tuberculosis.

Quotation

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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