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Charles Baudelaire on Graduation

1821–1867 France

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Ant-swarming city, city abounding in dreams,
Where ghosts in broad daylight accost the passerby!

Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)

It is the hour when the swarm of malevolent dreams
Makes sun-browned adolescents writhe upon their pillows.

Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)

Everything, alas, is an abyss, — actions, desires, dreams,
Words!

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Charles Baudelaire (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.