where the kisses are like cascades!"
One part of this work describes the title location as "the land of hot and languorous nights . . . where the kisses are like cascades!" In addition to "Lesbos", another poem in this collection is addressed to "mother of memories, mistress of mistresses" and is titled "The Balcony". One poem describes what "the men of a crew" do "to amuse themselves", and another poem talks about a figure who "like the stab of a knife / entered my plaintive heart." Containing poems such as "The Albatross" and "The Vampyr", this work is dedicated to Théophile Gautie, and includes the sections Wine, Death, and Spleen and Ideal. For 10 points, name this decadent poetry collection by Charles Baudelaire.
One part of this work describes the title location as "the land of hot and languorous nights . . .
Les {Fleurs du Mal} [or The Flowers of Evil]