Stuart Merrill

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Stuart Merrill (1863-1915) was an American poet, born in Hampstead, New York, who wrote in the French language. He belonged to the Symbolist school.

Educated in Paris, he became a student of Old French texts and was a great admirer of Algernon Charles Swinburne. His principal books of poetry were Les Gammes (1887). Les Fastes (1891), and Petits Poèmes d'Automne (1895).

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