Flowers of Evil

<h3><SPAN name="All_Entire" id="All_Entire"></SPAN>All Entire</h3> <p class="margin-b"> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">The Demon, in my lofty vault,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">This morning came to visit me,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">And striving me to find at fault,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">He said, "Fain would I know of thee;</span><br/> <br/> "Among the many beauteous things,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">&mdash;All which <i>her</i> subtle grace proclaim&mdash;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Among the dark and rosy things,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Which go to make her charming frame,</span><br/> <br/> "Which is the sweetest unto thee"?<br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">My soul! to Him thou didst retort&mdash;</span><br/> "Since all with her is destiny,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Of preference there can be nought.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">When all transports me with delight,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">If aught deludes I can not know,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">She either lulls one like the Night,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Or dazzles like the Morning-glow.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">That harmony is too divine,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Which governs all her body fair,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">For powerless mortals to define</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">In notes the many concords there.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">O mystic metamorphosis</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Of all my senses blent in one!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Her voice a beauteous perfume is,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Her breath makes music, chaste and wan.</span><br/></p> <hr style="width: 35%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />