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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAD MADRIGAL, SELECTION, by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: What care I that you be wise?
Last Line: With the storm the bloom appears.
Subject(s): Eyes; Grief; Storms; Tears; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: What care I that you be wise?
Last Line: With the storm the bloom appears.
Subject(s): Eyes; Grief; Storms; Tears; Sorrow; Sadness
What care I that you be wise?
Be beautiful! Be sad! For tears
Add a charm unto your eyes,
As streams to meadows where they rise;
With the storm the bloom appears.
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