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" 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 ink

our 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") "

Charles Baudelaire , Flowers of Evil and Other Works/Les Fleurs du Mal et Oeuvres Choisies : A Dual-Language Book (Dover Foreign Language Study Guides) (English and French Edition)


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