French poets
Charles Baudelaire
1821 - 1847
Great French poet and author of Les fleurs du Mal ("Flowers of Evil")
Marcel Proust
1871 - 1922
From “À la Recherche du Temps Perdu”
Saint-Loup of the Brazen Helm
M. Bloch souffrait beaucoup des mensonges de son oncle
Young Bloch and his Homeric turn of phrase
Racine
1638 - 1699
Jean Racine, 1638 – 1699, is one of France’s great flowering of dramatic poets in the 17th century
Phèdre, Act II, Scene V
Phaedra declares her love
Ah cruel! Tu m'as trop entendue!
Phèdre confesses her love