Poems of Emile Verhaeren

Émile Adolphe Verhaeren was a Belgian poet and art critic who wrote in the French language. He was one of the founders of the school of Symbolism and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on six occasions. Verhaeren has at his command a rare and powerful poetic eloquence—a wealth of imagery, a depth of thought and a subtlety of expression which perhaps are not to be imprisoned behind the bars of a too rigid convention. The poems included here are from the volumes: «Les Villages Illusoires», «Les Heures Claires», «Les Apparus Dans Mes Chemins» and «La Multiple Splendeur».