Leconte de Lisle
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Duparc chose his poets with care; here, Baudelaire, Leconte de Lisle, and Jean Lahor.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2012
At first I thought him cold, infected with the rhetorical ice of the Leconte de Lisle.
From Confessions of a Young Man by Moore, George (George Augustus)
For all such foreign folly, the rigorous versification, the pure and lucid language, and the luminous fancy of Leconte de Lisle may be recommended as a medicine.
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
Notwithstanding the majestic form and the imposing quality of his verse which struck such a brilliant note that even the hexameters of Hugo seemed pale in comparison, Leconte de Lisle could no longer satisfy him.
From Against the Grain by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
What Leconte de Lisle has to tell us about mysterious Oriental sages and mythical Scandinavian heroes may be unfamiliar to the reader, but is never rendered obscure by his mode of narration.
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
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