Paul Verlaine blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: "2 Westbourne Terrace" former St. Aloysius School. Paul-Marie Verlaine 1844-1896 the French symbolist poet, after two 'dolorous' years in Belgium and France and a year teaching happily in Lincolnshire, taught French and Latin here 1876-1877 and worshipped at the Sacred Heart in Bournemouth Recorded plaque organisation: Borough of Bournemouth.

Paul Verlaine was a prominent French symbolist poet known for his innovative use of sound and form; he briefly taught at St. Aloysius School in Westbourne Terrace, London, during 1876-1877, amidst personal turmoil that later inspired some of his most famous works.