I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a — Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as fleeting as a dream: whatever beauties I discovered, I already knew by heart.

— Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

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