On 30 March 1844, Paul - Metz Mary Verlaine was born as son of Nicholas-Auguste military career and Elisa-Stephanie Dehée. This is a well-established bourgeois family. They have taken in their niece, Elisa Moncomble, in 1836 and she fulfills for Paul both the role of big sister and cousin. He is a child desired for long, spoiled by his mother and his cousin who accept all its whims. In 1849, Verlaine father resigned from the army after many mutations and the family settled in Paris. From 1851 to 1861: Verlaine studies in Paris, first as an intern in Landry, Chaptal Street, afterwards at high school Bonaparte (Condorcet today).

Chanson d'automne.
Recueil : Poèmes saturniens.

Les sanglots longs
Des violons
De l'automne
Blessent mon cœur
D'une langueur
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