I am like the king of a rainy land,
\nWealthy but powerless, both young and very old,
\nWho contemns the fawning manners of his tutors
\nAnd is bored with his dogs and other animals.
\nNothing can cheer him, neither the chase nor falcons,
\nNor his people dying before his balcony.
\nThe ludicrous ballads of his favorite clown
\nNo longer smooth the brow of this cruel invalid;
\nHis bed, adorned with fleurs-de-lis, becomes a grave;
\nThe lady’s maids, to whom every prince is handsome,
\nNo longer can find gowns shameless enough
\nTo wring a smile from this young skeleton.
\nThe alchemist who makes his gold was never able
\nTo extract from him the tainted element,
\nAnd in those baths of blood come down from Roman times,
\nAnd which in their old age the powerful recall,
\nHe failed to warm this dazed cadaver in whose veins
\nFlows the green water of Lethe in place of blood.<\/p>\n
Charles<\/em>\u00a0Baudelaire<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n William Aggeler,\u00a0The Flowers of Evil\u00a0(Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am like the king of a rainy land, Wealthy but powerless, both young and very old, Who contemns the fawning manners of his tutors And is bored with his dogs and other animals. 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