Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.

Chaque fleur est une âme à la Nature éclose;

Gerard de Nerval

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Topic

Flowers

Author

Gerard de Nerval

Source

Golden Lines

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Nerval, Gerard De. Vers Dores. c. 1843, l. 8.

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