In times of old when Nature in her glad excess
Brought forth such living marvels as no more are seen,
I should have loved to dwell with a young giantess,
Like a voluptuous cat about the feet of a queen.


La Geante (1859) - Salon de 1859 (1859)

Charles Baudelaire Quotes

In times of old when Nature in her glad excess Brought forth such living marvels as no more are seen, I should have loved to dwell with a young...

In times of old when Nature in her glad excess Brought forth such living marvels as no more are seen, I should have loved to dwell with a young...

In times of old when Nature in her glad excess Brought forth such living marvels as no more are seen, I should have loved to dwell with a young...

In times of old when Nature in her glad excess Brought forth such living marvels as no more are seen, I should have loved to dwell with a young...