Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LES HIBOUX, by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under the yew-tree's heavy weight Last Line: That makes the wind change and the grasses. | ||||||||
UNDER the yew-tree's heavy weight The owls stand in their sullen fashions, Like Pagan gods of Pagan passions They dart their eyes and meditate. Unmoving they stare with living flame Until the end of the melancholy Hour sees the oblique sun set in folly, And darkness falls in shades of shame. Their aspect to the wise man teaches All that he needs, all he beseeches, Tumult and change and discontent; The man drunk of a shadow that passes Keeps always the imperishable scent That makes the wind change and the grasses. | 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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