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SPLEEN (3) by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I'M LIKE THE KING OF SOME DANK LAND -- WET, COLD
Last Line: WHERE FLOWS NOT BLOOD, BUT LETHE'S BRACKISH TIDE

Poem Sources:

SELECTED POEMS FROM LES FLEURS DU MAL. A BILINGUAL EDITION. NORMAN R. SHAPIRO (ED. & TR.)
  BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES
  (1998)
 



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