IlluminationsThe prose poems of the great French Symbolist, Arthur Rimbaud (1854 1891), have acquired enormous prestige among readers everywhere and have been a revolutionary influence on poetry in the twentieth century. They are offered here both in their original texts and in superb English translations by Louise Varse. Mrs. Varse first published her versions of Rimbaud's Illuminations in 1946. Since then she has revised her work and has included two poems which