Verlaine

Verlaine Matthew Lee Knowles January 2009

Words extracted from 170 poems by Paul Verlaine, in chronological order from 1861 - 1895

translated by Martin Sorrell

hanging lightning bursting dancing cascading spreading daring lightning riding flying setting stinging strapping dying bursting ignoring fighting winning nothing moaning winging walking haunting living searing setting setting angling wing rising screeching grieving lightning breaking glowing dancing feeding raising hustling marching gleaming setting setting setting reminding shining crying remembering charming evening chiming hunting spinning circling charming swirling etherizing nothing ch arming choking squalling gusting falling swirling shimmering playing fencing evening hiding cutting spring mongering spring twitching twitching blinking burning drifting weeping alarming shouting unbending shimmering lifting lightning calculating breathing boiling ssmoking moking spilling everything cooling everything soothing ringing singing fooling nothing sweating unremitting touching sing showing foolin g darting flashing evening shifting displaying scheming mocking making picking bobbing searching roaming plucking thing emerging dreaming foreseeing passing unsettling clouding glowing thing leading swaying sleeping whispering evening sing nothing charming bursting gleaming rising giving weeping seeming descending felling burning uplifting emerging conversing everything everything forgiving something fading piercing gusting granting starting dispelling clouding starting coming evening ending closing coming melting counting knowing grieving knowing everything shedding overflowing passing squealing rolling heading puffing dripping oozing overflow ing trembling babegetting spring trembling chorusing moving breathing evening falling falling falling walking knowing evening charming charming rocking playing dying happening going charming living everything fluting jousting deafening going getting feeling needing going sprouting brimming dying seeking morning suffering dying darling shelling laughing watching flashing guiding smiling looking morn ing swirling waiting gleaming charming ruining flowing threading nothing running bleating something leaning seeing morning something somet hing requiring lifting keeping hearing listening disclosing joining liking chattering stretching floating nothing wedding nothing disclosin g swooning blaring getting smothering wedding dying dying wanting knowing fading freezing startling tracking king tracking riding following soaring alarming wing wing nothing running soaring trac hunting fading barking scavenging sighing evening evaporating shiverin shivering g walking trembling seeing nothing fuming teasing coughing growing billowing standing gamboling leaping fluting haunting laughing hauntin g moving winding sounding chilling rising evening sobbing pleading chatting hanging emerging falling wing working fading standing hangin g something something dissolving morning everything authorising morning sing nothing wilting thinking loving drawing spurting sing sing singing crying packing watching sing laughing nothing neglecting receding frowning thing receding wedding decanting floating wedding sing sing trembling cavorting sibling leaving sing holding clothing winning breaking saying snapping orbiting rising dying si ng ending deluding lingering moving rising searching gleaming wanting setting unwilling everything filtering middling dling wasting rolling keeping vaulting thriving nothing striking pounding entering boring mid lingering sending bathing nothing partnering turning ttightening ightening singing flopping beating fluting nagging proclaiming beckoning ebbing watching smarting anything causing ending stinking weakling straining trying wedding morning singing king king singing dying trembling everlasting swirling glancing blasting eeverything verything blaring continuing making pleasing living bearing sparkling bringing waiting smiling piercing greeting dawdling sounding rising filling giving bring king crying floating evening wanting plunging during charming flushing growing tingling going charmi ng tumbling igniting surrounding breathing searching lying revealing proclaiming watering driving having nothing snoring shining rising walking scraping everything yelling chasing glowing overlooking quarrelling shunting cheeping amazing chirping contemplating ama zing cleansing flitting shining tilting jarring trembling thing tiring trembling during haunting curving frightening shepherding bleating taking frightening gorging starving having blessing overflowing laughing awaiting struggling anything everything everything every thing going pitching unfolding bringing doing thing yearning forging blinding defying winding beating charming settling naming sstanding tanding hanging saying swaddling lying drawing thing going anything yawning notwithstanding learning declaring sing cunning civilizing civi lizing burning living burning nothing going flickering confronting suffering nothing abandoning going broiling morning rising nothing aband oning bashing saying feeling obfuscating tangling pulling pending being asking raising preparing nothing pitying calling summoning pulli ng singing wedding spilling doing everything damning wheeling living offering nothing accusing making thing forbidding charming morning trying roaming probing everything spring clasping issuing dictating seeming doing fainting thirsting darting going laughing dictat ing swaying passing fending strapping telling effing blinding kissing touching galloping charming painting falling working fainting work ing thing fetching inviting ageing wondering thing thing charming requiring warring floundering stewing handing drifting putting coming amazing coming charming drowning scenting exciting evaporating rattling dragging trying nothing wing feeling