In addition to "Lesbos," the speaker claims to have "blasphemed Jesus" in "Examination of Conscience at Midnight."
One section of this work describes a title location as "the land of hot and languorous nights… where the kisses are like cascades!" In addition to "Lesbos," the speaker claims to have "blasphemed Jesus" in "Examination of Conscience at Midnight." 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. FTP, name this decadent poetry collection by Charles Baudelaire.
One section of this work describes a title location as "the land of hot and languorous nights… where the kisses are like cascades!"
Les {Fleurs du Mal} (or The {Flowers} of {Evil})