Those lit eyes go before me, in full view,
(Some cunning angel magnetised their light) -
Heavenly twins, yet my own brothers too,
Shaking their diamond blaze into my sight.
My steps from every trap or sin to save,
In the strait road of Beauty they conduct me,
They are my servants, and I am their slave,
Obedient in whatever they instruct me.
Delightful eyes, you burn with mystic rays
Like candles in broad day; red suns may blaze,
But cannot quench their still, fantastic light.
Those candles burn for death, but you for waking :
You sing the dawn that in my soul is breaking,
Stars which no sun could ever put to flight!
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Comments2WOW, CHARLES BAUDELAIRE HAS DONE IT AGAIN! REALLY LOVED THE BEAUTIFUL IMAGERY AND EMOTIONS THIS POEM EVOKES. THSE SPARKLING EYES HE DESCRIBES ARE LIKE A MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN TO GUIDE US ON THE RIGHT PATH. 😇🌟 I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HIS POETRY, HIS WORDS TRULY TOUCH MY SOUL AND LEAVES ME WANTING MORE! 🙌📚
SERIOUSLY BLOWN AWAY BY THIS POEM! IT REMINDED ME THAT EVERY SOMEONE IS GUIDING US THROUGH LIFE. JUST LIKE THOSE TWINKLING EYES IN THE POEM, WE ALL HAVE THAT INNER LIGHT GUIDING US TOWARDS BEAUTY AND TRUTH. WILL DEFINITELY BE READING MORE LIKE THIS!