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CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

THE
FLOWERS OF EVIL




CONTENTS

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FOREWORD

vii

"Three Drafts of a Preface" by Charles Baudelaire

xi

To the Reader

3

The Blessing

5

Beacons

11

A Former Life

15

Don Juan in Hell

17

The Punishment of Pride

19

Giantess

21

Jewels

23

The Mask

25

Hymn to Beauty

29

The Dancing Serpent

31

De Profundis Clamavi

33

Lethe

35

Remorse of the Dead

37

The Balcony

39

Reversibility

41

The Confession

43

The Flask

47

The Cat

49

Invitation to the Voyage

53

Conversation

57

The Sadness of the Moon

57

The Owls

59

The Gladly Dead

61

Spleen: Old Pluvius, month of rains...

63

Spleen: When the low heavy sky...

63

Obsession

65

Heautontimoroumenos

67

The Irremediable

69

The Clock

73

A Landscape

75

The Sun

77

The Swan

79

The Seven Old Men

83

The Little Old Woman

89

The Skeleton Laborer

95

Comes the Charming Evening

97

The Gaming Table

101

Parisian Dream

103

Morning Twilight

107

The Martyr

109

Lesbians

115

An Allegory

123

Abel and Cain

125

Litany to Satan

127

The Voyage

133

The Rebel

147

The Abyss

147

The Moon Offended

149

The Unforseen

151

Meditation

155

A Madrigal of Sorrow

157

What a Pair of Eyes Can Promise

161

Notes on the translators

163

Index of translators

167





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