The Poetry Corner

Far Away from Here

By Charles Baudelaire

This is the sanctuary where the prettified young lady, calm, and always ready, fans her breasts, aglow, elbow on the pillow, hears the fountains flow: its the room of Dorothea. The breeze and water distantly sing their song, mingled here with sobs to soothe the spoiled childs fear. From tip to toe, most thoroughly, her delicate surfaces appear, oiled with sweet perfumery. the flowers nearby swoon gracefully.