Flowers of Evil

<h3><SPAN name="The_Ghost" id="The_Ghost"></SPAN>The Ghost</h3> <p class="margin-b"> Just like an angel with evil eye,<br/> I shall return to thee silently,<br/> Upon thy bower I'll alight,<br/> With falling shadows of the night.<br/> <br/> With thee, my brownie, I'll commune,<br/> And give thee kisses cold as the moon,<br/> And with a serpent's moist embrace,<br/> I'll crawl around thy resting-place.<br/> <br/> And when the livid morning falls,<br/> Thou'lt find alone the empty walls,<br/> And till the evening, cold 'twill be.<br/> <br/> As others with their tenderness,<br/> Upon thy life and youthfulness,<br/> I'll reign alone with dread o'er thee.<br/></p> <hr style="width: 35%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />