Paul Verlaine – Golden Verses/ Vers dorés
Gustave Moreau, The Daughters of Thespius, 1853 Art wishes neither tears nor compromise, That’s my poetic in as many words, won From scorn, and a deep contempt for Man, And war on dumb ennui and love’s outcries. I know one has to suffer to climb the height; The slope is steep viewed from down below. …