“There, all is order and beauty only,
Splendor, peace, and pleasure.”

— Charles Baudelaire , book Les Fleurs du mal

Là, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.
"L'Invitation au Voyage" [Invitation to the Voyage] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/L%E2%80%99Invitation_au_voyage_%28Les_Fleurs_du_mal%29
Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)

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French poet 1821–1867

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