“The Paris of the Mind” by Guillaume Apollinaire, France (1880-1918)

No map contains the dreams I keep—

Of iron towers and lovers’ sleep.

And though I died before the peace—

My words outlive the war’s caprice.

From A Poem A Day: All Continental Europe

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