[Wisdom Ebook Reader]These poems were composed, some in prison in Mons, others after captivity; but there reigns throughout the collection a certain unity of tone and atmosphere. The poet makes a painful return to his past (Gaspard Hauser sings), (The sky is over the roof) or listens to the voice of his wife resounding in his ears like an evangelical teaching (Listen to the very sweet song...) . Ardently, humbly, he seeks wisdom, thinks of the living faith of past centuries and of the fruitful enthusiasm of the cathedral builders. He casts out the impure voices of pride, of hatred, of the flesh, to obey “the terrible voice of love”. He offers himself to God, to the Virgin Mary; and he reproduces in a series of admirable sonnets the dialogue of Man with his God.When Verlaine published this new book on his own, he had not published anything for seven years. During his stay in prison (1873-1875), he prepared a collection which was to be called Cellularly. After his release he gave up publishing it and incorporated them into various collections. Seven of them appear in Wisdom.At the beginning of 1880, the Petite Paroisse farm in Juniville was for sale. Verlaine called on his mother who bought it. The Létinois family settled there. Verlaine rents a house 100 meters from the farm, opposite the Auberge du Lion dOr. In this very busy inn, Verlaine will finish writing "WISDOM". He writes the first verses of “Jadis et Nagère”.In 1881, Sagesse" was published privately by the Société Générale de Librairie catholique and Verlaines name finally became famous.(Audio book)
Sagesse - de Paul Verlaine
