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violaine · 12-13-2009, 06:51 PM

Mists and Rains

Waning autumn, winter, mudbound spring -
I thank these somnolent seasons which I love
For offering to both my heart and mind
So vaperous a shroud, so vague a tomb.

Here on this huge plain where the wind perfects
A will of its own and the weathervane cries all night,
Now and not in the tepid days to come
My soul prefers to spread her raven wings.

Filled with dead and dying things, the heart
Itself is frozen fast, and best of all
- O queen of our climate, ashen time of year -

Your livid shadows never seem to change
Except on moonless nights when two by two
We rock our pain to sleep on a reckless bed.

--les fleurs du mal/charles baudelaire

12-13-2009, 06:51 PM	#11
violaine Timed Out How Do You Identify?: atypical Preferred Pronoun?: plague words and phrases Relationship Status: love wise guys of the avian world Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wekiva springs basin Posts: 3,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,934 Thanked 3,293 Times in 1,301 Posts Rep Power: 0	parisian scenes Mists and Rains Waning autumn, winter, mudbound spring - I thank these somnolent seasons which I love For offering to both my heart and mind So vaperous a shroud, so vague a tomb. Here on this huge plain where the wind perfects A will of its own and the weathervane cries all night, Now and not in the tepid days to come My soul prefers to spread her raven wings. Filled with dead and dying things, the heart Itself is frozen fast, and best of all - O queen of our climate, ashen time of year - Your livid shadows never seem to change Except on moonless nights when two by two We rock our pain to sleep on a reckless bed. --les fleurs du mal/charles baudelaire