It's time, Old Captain, lift anchor, sink!The land rots; we shall sail into the night;if now the sky and sea are black as inkour hearts, as you must know, are filled with light.Only when we drink poison are we well we want, this fire so burns our brain tissue,to drown in the abyss heaven or hell,who cares? Through the unknown, we'll find the new. ("Le Voyage")

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Charles Baudelaire was a 19th-century French poet and critic. Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics, and are based on observations of real life. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Death — Contemplations on mortality, loss, and the legacy we leave

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