Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Emile Verhaeren (1855-1916) was a Belgian poet writing in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. He was one of the most prolific poets of his era. Les Soirs (1887), Les Débâcles (1888), Les Campagnes hallucinées (1893), and Les Villes tentaculaires (1895) are just a few of the highlights of his œuvre. Quotation Et ce Londres de fonte et de bronze, mon âme, Où des plaques de fer claquent sous des hangars, Où des voiles s'en vont, sans Notre-Dame Pour étoile, s'en vont, là-bas, vers les hazards. ---Londres, from Les Soirs External link Selected poems by Verhaeren (in French): http://poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/verhaere.html This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.