Le Bateau ivre du cosmopolitisme larbaldien Sur les rails de L’Ancienne gare de Cahors

This poem already contains Larbaud’s entire vision of cosmopolitanism. More than simply expressing a desire to be open to the Other while - or because of - traveling (Voyageuse, ô cosmopolite), it represents a personal sensitivity to the sensual architecture of the universe (the doigts légers du vent) and reflects a particular form of being in the world through poetry, especially that of Theocritus and his bucolic peace.