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LESBIANS by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE LAMPS HAD LANGUISHT AND THEIR LIGHT WAS PALE
Last Line: AND FLEE THE GOD YOU CARRY IN YOUR HEART

Poem Sources:

THE FLOWERS OF EVIL. MARTHIEL AND JACKSON MATHEWS (EDS.)
  BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES
  (1989)
 



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