Parading

Down Sally Cow Lane and Elsewhere

There, there’s only order, beauty: abundant, calm, voluptuous.

Gleaming furniture, polished by years passing, would
Gleaming furniture, polished by years passing, would
ornament our bedroom; rarest flowers, their odors vaguely mixed
ornament our bedroom; rarest flowers, their odors vaguely mixed
with amber; rich ceilings; deep mirrors; an Oriental splendor —Charles Baudelaire, translated by Keith Waldrop
with amber; rich ceilings; deep mirrors; an Oriental splendor
—Charles Baudelaire, translated by Keith Waldrop

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