But how you'd please me, night! without those stars Whose l… - Charles Baudelaire

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But how you'd please me, night! without those stars
Whose light speaks in a language I have known!
Since I seek for the black, the blank, the bare!

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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But how you'd please me, night! without those stars Whose light speaks in a language I have known! Since I seek for the black, the blank, the bare! - Charles Baudelaire

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