We read Heine, Byron, Burns, verlaine, because we wish to find our own emotions expressed.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
Horace and verlaine have done this.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
Strangely enough he had temperament, and set to music Heine and verlaine.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker