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I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.

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Arthur Rimbaud
Age: 37 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 20
Died: 1891
Died: November 10
Arms Trader
Explorer
Poet
World Traveler
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud
Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud
Vassal
Muse
Sky
Went

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Oh! If only we were naked now, and free to watch our protruding parts align To whisper - both of us - in ecstasy!
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