Rainer Maria Rilke – Baudelaire
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, The poet, 1896 The poet alone has united the world that falls apart in each of us; He grants vast rights to Beauty; but praising what torments him, he has infinitely purified ruins: and even annihilation turns into world. (Transl. by M. Metzger) Il poeta. Lui solo, ha unificato il mondo …