Flowers of Evil

Translator's Introduction xi The Flowers of Evil Dedication 3 To the Reader 5 Spleen and Ideal I Benediction 9 II The Albatross 12 III Elevation 13 IV Correspondences 14 V "I like to bring to mind..." 15 VI Beacon Lights 16 VII Sick Muse 18 VIII Mercenary Muse 19 IX The Bad Monk 20 X The Enemy 21 XI Bad Luck 22 XII The Life Before 23 XIII Gypsy Travelers 24 XIV Man and Sea 25 XV Don Juan in Hell 26 XVI Pride Punished 27 XVII Beauty 28 XVIII The Ideal 29 XIX Giantess 30 XX The Mask 31 XXI Hymn to Beauty 33 XXII Exotic Perfume 34 XXXII Hair 35 XXIV "I adore you..." 37 XXV "You would take the whole unIVerse..." 38 XXVI Sed Non Satiata 39 XXVII "In her flowing pearly garments..." 40 XXVIII Dancing Serpent 41 XXIX Carrion 42 XXX De Profundis ClamaVI 44 XXXI Vampire 45 XXXII "One night while I lay..." 46 XXXIII Posthumous Remorse 47 XXXIV The Cat 48 XXXV Duel 49 XXXVI The Balcony 50 XXXVII The Possessed 51 XXXVIII A Phantom 52 XXXIX "I give you these verses..." 54 XL Semper Eadem 55 XLI Altogether 56 XLII "What will you say this evening..." 57 XLIII LIVIng Torch 58 XLIV Reversibility 59 XLV Confession 60 XLVI Spiritual Dawn 62 XLVII Evening's Harmony 63 XLVIII Flask 64 XLIX Poison 65 L Sky in Confusion 66 LI Cat 67 LII The Fine-looking Ship 69 LIII Invitation to the Voyage 71 LIV The Irreparable 72 LV Conversation 74 LVI Autumn Song 75 LVII To a Madonna 77 LVIII Afternoon Song 79 LIX Sisina 80 LX Francis e audes 81 LXI To a Creole Lady 83 LXII Mcesta et Errabunda 84 LXIII Revenant 85 LXIV Autumn Sonnet 86 LXV The Sorrowing Moon 87 LXVI Cats 88 LXVII Owls 89 LXVIII The Pipe 90 LXIX Music 91 LXX Burial 92 LXXI A Fantasy Print 93 LXXII Dead Man Glad 94 LXXIII The Vessel of Hate 95 LXXIV The Cracked Bell 96 LXXV Spleen 97 LXXVI Spleen 98 LXXVII Spleen 99 LXXVIII Spleen 100 LXXIX Obsession 101 LXXX The Taste for Nothing 102 LXXXI Alchemy of Pain 103 LXXXII Sympathetic Horror 104 LXXXIII Heautontimoroumenos 105 LXXXIV Beyond Remedy 106 LXXXV The Clock 108 Parisian Scenes LXXXVI Landscape 111 LXXXVII The Sun 112 LXXXVIII To a Redheaded Beggar Girl 113 LXXXIX The Swan 115 XC The Seven Old Men 117 XCI The Little Old Women 119 XCII The Blind 122 XCVII To a Woman Passing By 123 XCIV The Skeleton Laborer 124 XCV Evening Twilight 125 XCVI Gambling 126 XCVII Danse Macabre 127 XCVIII Love of a Lie 129 XCIX "I have not forgotten..." 130 C "The big-hearted servant..." 131 CI Fog, Rain 132 CII Paris Dream 133 CIII Morning Twilight 135 Wine CIV The Soul of the Wine 139 CV The Ragpicker's Wine 140 CVI The Assassin's Wine 142 CVII The Wine of the Solitary 144 CVIII The Wine of Lovers 145 Flowers of Evil CIX Destruction 149 CX A Martyr 150 CXI Women Damned 152 CXII The Two Good Sisters 153 CXIII The Fountain of Blood 154 CXIV Allegory 155 CXV His Beatrice 156 CXVI A Voyage to Cythera 157 CXVII Love and the Skull 159 Revolt CXVIII Saint Peter's Denial 163 CXIX Abel and Cain 165 CXX Litanies of Satan 167 Death CXXI The Death of Lovers 173 CXXII Death of the Poor 174 CXXIII The Death of Artists 175 CXXIV End of Day 176 CXXV Dream of a Curious Character 177 CXXVI The Voyage 178 The Banned Poems Lesbos 185 Women Damned 188 Lethe 191 To Her, Too Merry 192 The Jewels 193 Metamorphoses of the Vampire 194