   francis vielÃ©-griffin (may 26, 1864 &ndash; november 12, 1937), was a french symbolist poet. he was born at norfolk, virginia, usa and was the son of egbert ludovicus viele. vielÃ©-griffin was educated in france and divided his time between paris and touraine. he was a writer of vers libre and founded the highly influential journal entretiens politiques et littÃ©raires (1890â92). ==works== his volumes include: *cueille d'avril (1885) *les cygnes (1887; new series, 1892) *la chevauchÃ©e d'yeldis (1893) *swanhilde, a dramatic poem (1894) *laus veneris (1895), a volume of translations from swinburne *poÃ¨mes et poÃ©sies (1895), a collection containing much of his earlier work *phocas le jardinier (1898) *la lÃ©gende ailee de wieland le forgeron (1899), a dramatic poem. *l'amour sacrÃ© (1903), poems ==references==  ;attribution * ==external links==  * poems by francis vielÃ©-griffin * une conquÃªte morale (1907) * francis vielÃ©-griffin on french wiki   
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