"Le Poète est semblable au prince des nuées Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l’archer ; Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées, Ses ailes de géant l’empêchent de marcher."
— Charles Baudelaire

January 1, 1970

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The Poet is a kinsman in the clouds Who scoffs at archers, loves a stormy day; But on the ground, among the hooting crowds, He cannot walk, his wings are in the way. — "L’Albatros" [The Albatross] (translated by James McGowan, Oxford University Press, 1993)