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Stuart Merrill

Stuart Merrill (1863-1915) was a American poet, born in Hampstead, New York[?], who wrote in the French language. He belonged to the Symbolist school.

Educated in Paris, he became a student of Old French[?] texts and was a great admirer of Algernon Charles Swinburne. His principal books of poetry were Les Gammes (1887). Les Fastes (1891), and Petits Poèmes d'Automne (1895).

Quotation:

Fume l'encens, veille l'amour,

Dans son lit bleu la vierge est morte;

Couve le feu, tombe le jour,

L'Ange, mes soeurs, frappe à la porte.

--- La Mystérieuse Chanson

External link:

Selected poems of Stuart Merrill (in French): http://poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/merrill

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