This author of"Invitation to the Voyage" described the title figure as "the wisest and fairest of the Angels ...betrayed by destiny and deprived of praise" in "The (*) Litany of Satan".
The speaker of one of his poems declares "I'll plunge my head, enamored of its pleasure, In thisblack ocean where the other hides". This author of "Her Hair" ended a poem with the line "There,there is nothing else but grace and measure; richness, quietness and pleasure". This author of"Invitation to the Voyage" described the title figure as "the wisest and fairest of the Angels ...betrayed by destiny and deprived of praise" in "The (*) Litany of Satan". A poem dedicated to "You--hypocrite Reader-- my double-- my brother!" opens one of his collections, which critiques the work ofBaron Hausmann in "Parisian Scenes" and contains sections like "Wine", "Revolt", and "Spleen and Ideal".For 10 points, name this French poet of The Flowers of Evil.
The speaker of one of his poems declares "I'll plunge my head, enamored of its pleasure, In thisblack ocean where the other hides".
Charles Pierre Baudelaire