The Rebel Falling abruptly like a bird of prey from the sky, A furious angel seizes the sinner by his hair And says, I will teach you to behave, do you hear me? I Am your good spirit! And shakes him angrily in the air. I will teach you to be kind — to love, without making a face, The poor, the deformed, the depraved, the uncivil, the dirty, the dumb That you may help with your charity to prepare a place Here upon earth for Jesus when he is ready to come. Such is true love — the only virtue that exists, The only happiness that endures. Take heed, before Your heart is completely petrified and your senses rot. And pounding upon his victim with his colossal fists In love and in fury, the angel cannot cease to implore — Nor the accursèd one to answer: I will not! Charles Baudelaire
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:44:46 +0000
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