Emile Verhaeren

Belgian poet (1855-1916).

Born May 21st, 1855 in Sint-Amands. [ref]

Died November 27th, 1916 at 61 years old in Rouen (railway accident). [ref]

Occupations
playwright, poet, writer

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde