Born at St. Amand, Belgium, on the River Scheldt, May, 1855;
died at Rouen, France, November, 1916. Verhaeren, a patriot
of exalted inspiration, was one of the finest poets of his
generation. He “made poetry realize the modern world.” “At his
highest, he is the voice of the city, the train, the factory,
the dynamo; the spirit of the crowd, the multitude, the dream
within them and beyond them.”
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