Charles Baudelaire Poems on Kings & Queens (9 Poems)
Une Charogne (The Carcass) (Charles Baudelaire Poems)
Rappelez-vous l’objet que nous v?mes, mon ?me,Ce beau matin d’?t? si doux:Au d?tour d’un sentier une charogne inf?meSur un lit sem? de cailloux, Les jambes en l’air, comme une femme lubrique,Br?lante et suant les poisons,Ouvrait d’une fa?on nonchalante et cyniqueSon … Continue reading
The Litanies Of Satan (Charles Baudelaire Poems)
O you, the most knowing, and loveliest of Angels,a god fate betrayed, deprived of praises,O Satan, take pity on my long misery!O, Prince of exile to whom wrong has been done,who, vanquished, always recovers more strongly,O Satan, take pity on … Continue reading
The Sun (Charles Baudelaire Poems)
Through the streets where at windows of old housesthe persian blinds hide secret luxuries,when the cruel sun strikes with redoubled furyon the roofs and fields, the meadows and city,I go alone in my crazy sword-playscenting a chance rhyme on every … Continue reading
Mist And Rain (Charles Baudelaire Poems)
Late autumns, winters, spring-times steeped in mud,anaesthetizing seasons! You I praise, and lovefor so enveloping my heart and brainin vaporous shrouds, in sepulchres of rain.In this vast landscape where chill south winds play,where long nights hoarsen the shrill weather-vane,it opens … Continue reading
BALCONY (Charles Baudelaire Poem)
MOTHER of memories, mistress of mistresses, O thou, my pleasure, thou, all my desire, Thou shalt recall the beauty of caresses, The charm of evenings by the gentle fire, Mother of memories, mistress of mistresses! The eves illumined by the … Continue reading
TO A MADONNA (Charles Baudelaire Poem)
MADONNA, mistress, I would build for thee An altar deep in the sad soul of me; And in the darkest corner of my heart, From mortal hopes and mocking eyes apart, Carve of enamelled blue and gold a shrine For … Continue reading
SPLEEN (Charles Baudelaire Poem)
I’M like some king in whose corrupted veins Flows ag?d blood; who rules a land of rains; Who, young in years, is old in all distress; Who flees good counsel to find weariness Among his dogs and playthings, who is … Continue reading
I Love The Naked Ages Long Ago (Charles Baudelaire Poem)
I love the naked ages long ago When statues were gilded by Apollo, When men and women of agility Could play without lies and anxiety, And the sky lovingly caressed their spines, As it exercised its noble machine. Fertile Cybele, … Continue reading
The Albatross (Charles Baudelaire Poem)
Often, to amuse themselves, the crew of the ship Would fell an albatross, the largest of sea birds, Indolent companions of their trip As they slide across the deep sea’s bitters. Scarcely had they dropped to the plank Than these … Continue reading
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