Death and the Maiden (The Verlaines song) a version for the Flying Nun tribute album "Under the Influence - 21 Years of Flying Nun Records" in 2002. Boston band Prickly covered the song on their 1997 LP "Velleity." "You'll only end up like Rimbaud"<br>"Get shot by Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine..."<br> The lyrics above refer to Paul Verlaine, a 19th-century French poet. After going into a drunken rage, Verlaine shot his lover – fellow poet Arthur Rimbaud in July 1873. The Verlaines took their name from the French poet. "Shall we have our photo taken?"<br>"We'll look like Death and the Maiden"<br> This is a reference to a painting
Marula (poet) now extant. The following verse is about a woman separated from her lover: Marula (poet) Marula (IAST: Mārulā; fl. 13th century or earlier) was a Sanskrit-language poetess from present-day India. Her verses are included in early medieval Sanskrit anthologies, including Sharngadhara's "Paddhati" and Jalhana's "Suktimuktavali". Marula's verses are included in Sanskrit anthologies such as Jalhana's "Suktimuktavali" (13th century) and Sharngadhara's "Paddhati" (14th century). So, she must have lived in the 13th century or earlier, although her exact period is not certain. She must have been a famous poet of her time, for a verse attributed to Dhanadadevas in Sharngadhara's "Paddhati"