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A Belgian poet and journalist; born at Tournay, July 16, 1855; died at Paris, Dec. 24, 1898. He is noted for delicacy of sentiment and the grace of his lines. His great piece is "Belgium" (1880), a historical poem; and he has also written: "The Fireside and the Fields" (1877); "Sorrows" (1879); "The Beautiful Sea" (1881); "The Winter of Fashion" (1884); "White Youth" (1886); "Silence" (1888); "Art in Exile" (1889); "The Reign of Silence" (1891); and one romance, "Bruges la Morte" (1892).