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Which places did Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud visit together after leaving Paris?
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Paul Verlaine
Paul Verlaine, detail from Un Coin de table, oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris.
After leaving Paris in July 1872, Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud traveled together to the following locations:
- Northern France and Belgium: The poets wandered through these regions, where Verlaine wrote sketches for his collection Romances sans paroles.1
- London, England: The pair arrived in London in September 1872 and spent the following winter there. They returned to London again in May 1873.21
- Brussels, Belgium: Following a period of separation and further wanderings, the two poets reunited in Brussels, where their relationship ended after Verlaine shot and wounded Rimbaud.21