Verlaine
PAUL, a French poet; born in Metz, March 30, 1844. He led a life of vagabondage, vibrating between prison and hospital; but was the most potent factor in modern French poetry, PAUL VERLAINE He was the real founder and best exponent of the Symbolic School. He wrote: "Saturnine Poems" (1866); "Gay Festivals" (1869); "Accursed Poets" (1884); "Of Old and of Late" (1885).
Among his stories are: "Louise Leclercq" (1886); "Memoirs of a Widower" (1887); "Stories Without Words" (1887); "Love" (1888); "Dedications" (1890); "Good Luck" (1891); "My Hospitals" (1891). He died in Paris, Jan. 8, 1896.