Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LA BEAUTE, by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair am I, mortals, as a stone-carved dream Last Line: Are crystal mirrors of eternity. | ||||||||
FAIR am I, mortals, as a stone-carved dream, And all men wound themselves against my breast, The poet's last desire, the loveliest. Voiceless, eternal as the world I seem, In the blue air, strange sphinx, I brood supreme With heart of snow whiter than swan's white crest, No movement mars the plastic lineI rest With lips untaught to laugh or eyes to stream. Singers who see, in trancèd interludes, My splendor set with all superb design, Consume their days, in toilful ecstasy. To these revealed, the starry amplitudes Of my great eyes which make all things divine Are crystal mirrors of eternity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DON JUAN IN HELL by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE A VOYAGE TO CYTHERA by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE AFFINITIES by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE ANYWHERE OUT OF THE WORLD by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE ANYWHERE OUT OF THE WORLD by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE BE DRUNK by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE BEATRICE by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |
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