I have bathed in the Poem of the Sea, steeped in Stars, and milky, devouring the green… — Arthur Rimbaud
I have bathed in the Poem of the Sea, steeped in Stars, and milky, devouring the green azures.
In the original French
Je me suis baigné dans le Poème De la Mer, infusé D'astres, et lactescent, Dévorant les azurs verts.
1871
★ 3.6Provenance
Current citation
Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le bateau ivre/The Drunken Boat." Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, a Bilingual Edition, translated by Wallace Fowlie. University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Original citation
Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le Bateau Ivre [The Drunken Boat]." Les Poetes Maudits, edited by Paul Verlaine. Paris, 1884.