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2020.08.26 10:24

Cats by Charles Baudelaire.

Translated by Roy Campbell.

Sages

austere and fervent lovers both,
In their ripe season, cherish cats, the pride
Of hearths, strong, mild, and to themselves allied
In chilly stealth and sedentary sloth.

Friends both to lust and learning, they frequent
Silence, and love the horror darkness breeds.
Erebus would have chosen them for steeds
To hearses, could their pride to it have bent.

Dreaming, the noble postures they assume
Of sphinxes stretching out into the gloom
That seems to swoon into an endless trance.

Their fertile flanks are full of sparks that tingle,
And particles of gold, like grains of shingle,
Vaguely be-star their pupils as they glance.
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  • Khawla Mikayel 2020.08.26 11:09

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    Omg i love cats😍
  • Shamus 2020.08.26 11:26

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    @Khawla Mikayel 😺
  • Eman 2020.08.26 11:38

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    I looove cats 😍
  • malvina ॐ 2020.08.26 11:55

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    😍💕💕💕
  • Shamus 2020.08.26 19:53

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    @Eman 😸
  • Shamus 2020.08.26 19:53

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    @malvina ॐ 😻

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