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Raphael - Pages Of The Book Of Life At Twenty
Raphael Pages Of The Book Of Life At Twenty Author:Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse de Lamaratine was a 19th century French writer poet and politician. He worked at the Italian embassy and for a time was Minister of Foreign Affairs. He helped abolish slavery and the death penalty. He was a strong supporter of democracy and pacifism. His semi-autobiographical poem The Lake describes in retrospect the fervent love sh... more »ared by a couple from the point of view of the bereaved man. Raphael is a prose poem published in 1849. The story is romantic in the extreme. Lamaratine tells of Julie meeting Raphael a soul sick man. They are both invalids, apart form the world. The poetic descriptions are beautiful to read.« less