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HYMN FOR DES ESSEINTES by STEPHANE MALLARME

Poem Explanation

First Line: HYPERBOLE! CAN YOU NOT RISE TRIUMPHANTLY FROM MY MEMORY, NOW
Last Line: THE NAME OF PULCHERIA AND HALF-HIDDEN BY SOME TOO HUGE GLADIOLUS

Poem Sources:

FRENCH SYMBOLIST POETRY. COMPILED AND EDITED BY JOHN PORTER HOUSTON AND MONA TOBIN.
  HOUSTON, JOHN PORTER (COMP. & ED.)
  (1980)
 



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