Charles Baudelaire opens "The Flowers of Evil" with a poem
entitled "Benediction," and it's special stuff -- but of course it
is, we're talking about a poem by Charles Baudelaire, for god's
sake.
When by the changeless Power of a Supreme Decree
The poet issues forth upon this sorry sphere,
His mother, horrified, and full of blasphemy,
Uplifts her voice to God, who takes compassion on her.
"Ah, why did I not bear a serpent's nest entire,
Instead of bringing forth this hideous Child of Doom
Oh cursed be that transient night of vain desire
When I conceived my expiation in my womb "
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