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Jun 21, 2021 · Enunciated and natural readings of the 19th century French Poem "Tristesse" (Sorrow) by Alfred de Musset. Clear French audio recordings + English translation.
- Camille Chevalier-Karfis
The poet, dramatist, and novelist Alfred de Musset (1810-57) grew up reading old romances and staging little plays inspired by them, and he is a romantic – and Romantic – through and through, as this short quatrain poem, a ‘chanson’ or song of love, demonstrates.
Poems by Alfred de Musset. Alfred de Musset was born in December of 1810, in Paris, France. At the age of seventeen, in 1827, he recieved first place in an open competition of French essay, vowing to dedicate himself to t.
Summary. After trying medicine and law, Musset gave himself to literature and to a bohemian and dandyish life. At age eighteen he met Victor Hugo and joined his cénacle. In 1830 he published a set of narrative poems, Contes d’Espagne et d’Italie, which won him considerable fame.
Selected French Poems of the 19th Century in a new, freely downloadable verse translation.
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay ( French: [al.fʁɛd də my.sɛ]; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. [1] [2] Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle ( The Confession of a Child of the Century ). [2] Biography.
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Alfred de Musset. Sorrow. I lost my strength and my life, My friends and my joy; I lost till the pride That made my genius believable. When I knew Truth, I thought she was a friend; When I understood and felt her, I was already disgusted by her. Although, she is eternal, And those who did without her On this Earth didn’t understand anything.