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Un soir, j'ai assis la Beauté sur mes genoux. Et je l'ai trouvée amère. Et je l'ai injurieé. < Une Saison en Enfer
One evening I sat Beauty upon my knees... And I found her vexing... And I abused her.
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Rimbaud from 'A Season in Hell' [preface]
'vexing' is, I deem, the sense here rather than the literal French "bitter, harsh; painful, grievous; biting, galling" definition of the lexicographers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimbaud
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