Only one being is wanting, and your whole world is bereft of people.

Un seul etre vous manque, et tout est depeuple.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Les Meditations Poetiques

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Topic

Mourning Grief

Author

Alphonse de Lamartine

Source

L'Isolement Les Meditations Poetiques

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

De Lamartine, Alphonse. "L'Isolement [Isolation]." Recueillements poétiques [Poetic Meditations]. Paris: Imp P. Didot L'aine, 1820.

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