A poem near the end of this collection describes how "Impudent Life runs and dances, / Twists and turns, for no good reason" before a character proclaims "I shall lie down flat on my back / And wrap myself in your curtains, / O refreshing shadows!"
A poem near the end of this collection describes how "Impudent Life runs and dances, / Twists and turns, for no good reason" before a character proclaims "I shall lie down flat on my back / And wrap myself in your curtains, / O refreshing shadows!" The speaker of a poem in this collection exhorts his companion to "Think of the rapture / Of living together there!" for "There all is order and beauty, / Luxury, peace, and pleasure." The second poem in this collection describes a "prince of (*) cloud and sky" that is "exiled on the earth" whose "giant wings prevent him from walking" after being captured by some sailors. A poem in the introduction of this collection describes a figure who "dreams of scaffolds as he smokes his hookah pipe," "Ennui!" and is addressed to the "Hypocritish reader, my fellow, my brother!" For 10 points, name this collection that includes sections like "Spleen and Ideal" and "Death," a work of Charles Baudelaire.
A poem near the end of this collection describes how "Impudent Life runs and dances, / Twists and turns, for no good reason" before a character proclaims "I shall lie down flat on my back / And wrap myself in your curtains, / O refreshing shadows!"
The Flowers of Evil (or Fleurs du mal)