Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal, Le Guignon.
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Loin des sépultures célebres Vers un cimitière isolé Mon cœur, comme un tambour voilé Va battant des marches funèbres. To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.

— Charles Baudelaire on Life

What It Means

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Charles Baudelaire

About Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, critic and translator.