Friday, March 15, 2013

shawl of tears


The sheer luminous gown
               The fountain wears
Where Phoebe’s very own
              Color appears
Falls like a summer rain
              Or shawl of tears.

— Charles Baudelaire, from "The Fountain"
read the whole poem here



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