and over your unconsecrated head you'll hear the howling wo… - Charles Baudelaire

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and over your unconsecrated head
you'll hear the howling wolves
lament their fate and yours the livelong year;

Charles Baudelaire

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Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, critic and translator.

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Pen Names: Pierre de Fayis

Alternative Names: Baudelaire • Charles Pierre Baudelaire-Dufaÿs • Charles Pierre Baudelaire • Charles-Pierre Baudelaire

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and over your unconsecrated head you'll hear the howling wolves lament their fate and yours the livelong year; - Charles Baudelaire

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