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HEAD OF HAIR by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

Poet Analysis

First Line: O FLEECE, FOAMING DOWN UPON YOUR NECK!
Last Line: AND THE GOURD FROM WHICH I DRINK THE WINE OF MEMORY

Poem Sources:

TREASURY OF FRENCH LOVE; POEMS, QUOTATIONS AND PROVERBS IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH.
  BRANYON, RICHARD A. (ED. & TR.)
  (1995)