Charles Baudelaire

CONTEMPLATION
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Thou, o my grief, be wise and tranquil still,
The eve is thine which even now drops down,
To carry peace or care to human will,
And in a misty vale enfolds the town.
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While the vile mortals of the multitude,
By pleasure, cruel tormentor, goaded on,
Gather remorseful blossoms in light mood--
Grief, place thy hand in mine, let us be gone.
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Far from them. Lo see the vanished years,
In robes outworn lean over heaven's rim;
And from the water, smiling through her tears,
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Remorse arises, and the sun grows dim;
And in the east, her long shroud trailing light,
List, o my grief, the gentle steps of night.