Venus and the Fool by Charles Pierre Baudelaire

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How admirable the day! The vast park swoons beneath the burning eye of / the sun, as youth beneath the lordship of love.

There is no rumour of the universal ecstasy of all things. The waters / themselves are as though drifting into sleep. Very different from the / festivals of humanity, here is a silent revel.

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