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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEAUTY, by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beautiful am I, oh, mortals, like a dream of stone Last Line: Have my eyes, my wide eyes, transparent forever. Subject(s): Love | |||
Beautiful am I, oh, mortals, like a dream of stone! And my breast, where each in his turn has been broken, Is made to inspire a love in the poet Eternal and mute as matter is lasting and still. In the azure enthroned, an inscrutable sphinx, I join a heart of snow and the whiteness of swans; Movement I hate when it tampers with line, And never do I weep and never do I laugh. The poets, before my insolent poses, Borrowed it seems from the proudest of statues, Will consume all their days in rigorous trials; For I, to fascinate these docile lovers- Pure mirrors in which all things shine- Have my eyes, my wide eyes, transparent forever. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A VOYAGE TO CYTHERA by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |
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