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Death

Poems and fables about death and mourning, from Ronsard’s last verses to Prévert. Victor Hugo grieves for his daughter in “Tomorrow, at Dawn”, and Baudelaire writes about the death of lovers, of the poor and of artists. La Fontaine brings death on stage in several fables.

    Poems with the theme : Death

  • A Carcass by Charles Baudelaire
  • A Hundred Thousand Men by Victor Hugo
  • A Voyage to Cythera by Charles Baudelaire
  • Acceptance by Auguste Angellier
  • Alchemy of Sorrow by Charles Baudelaire
  • An Evening by Guillaume Apollinaire
  • Autumn Rhenish by Guillaume Apollinaire
  • Autumn Song by Charles Baudelaire
  • Charlottembourg by François-René De Chateaubriand
  • Danse Macabre by Charles Baudelaire
  • Epitaph on the Death of the Demoiselle Elisabeth Ranquet by Pierre Corneille
  • Evening Twilight by Charles Baudelaire
  • I Have Nothing Left but Bones… by Pierre De Ronsard
  • Immortality by Alphonse De Lamartine
  • In pejus ruit. by Auguste Angellier
  • In the Grotto by Paul Verlaine
  • January 1st by Victor Hugo
  • Last Verses by Alfred De Musset
  • Le Poison by Charles Baudelaire
  • On the Death of King Louis XIII by Pierre Corneille
  • Posthumous Remorse by Charles Baudelaire
  • Separated in Life by Auguste Angellier
  • Sepulture by Charles Baudelaire
  • The Axe? No. Never… by Victor Hugo
  • The Brazier by Guillaume Apollinaire
  • The Death of the Lovers by Charles Baudelaire
  • The Death of the Poor by Charles Baudelaire
  • The Departure by François-René De Chateaubriand
  • The Dying Christian by Alphonse De Lamartine
  • The End of the Day by Charles Baudelaire
  • The Farewell by Guillaume Apollinaire
  • The Farewell by François-René De Chateaubriand
  • The Gallows Mount (Jersey) by Victor Hugo
  • The great-hearted servant of whom you were jealous by Charles Baudelaire
  • The House of the Dead by Guillaume Apollinaire
  • The Joyful Corpse by Charles Baudelaire
  • The Little Place by Alfred De Musset
  • The Loreley by Guillaume Apollinaire
  • The Portrait by Charles Baudelaire
  • The Rural Tombs by François-René De Chateaubriand
  • The Scaffold by Victor Hugo
  • The Scaffold by Victor Hugo
  • The Two Good Sisters by Charles Baudelaire
  • The Valley by Alphonse De Lamartine
  • The Women by Guillaume Apollinaire
  • To Die by Auguste Angellier
  • To My Daughter Adèle by Victor Hugo
  • Tomorrow, at Dawn… by Victor Hugo
  • Twilight on the Shore by Auguste Angellier
  • What Death Is by Victor Hugo
  • What the Two Horsemen Were Dreaming Of… by Victor Hugo
  • Fables with the theme : Death

  • Death and the Dying Man by Jean De La Fontaine
  • Death and the Unfortunate Man by Jean De La Fontaine
  • Death and the Woodcutter by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Candle by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Cat and an Old Rat by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Lion and the Gnat by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Lion Grown Old by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Pig, the Goat, and the Sheep by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Swan and the Cook by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Tortoise and the Two Ducks by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Wolf and the Lamb by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Wolf and the Stork by Jean De La Fontaine
  • The Young Widow by Jean De La Fontaine
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