<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354422" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Elevation</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Above the ponds, beyond the valleys,<br>The woods, the mountains, the clouds, the seas,<br>Farther than the sun, the distant breeze,<br>The spheres that wilt to infinity</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My spirit, you move with agility<br>And, like a good swimmer who swoons in the wave<br>You groove the depths immensity gave,<br>The inexpressible and male ecstasy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">>From this miasma of waste,<br>You will be purified in superior air<br>And drink a pure and divine liqueur,<br>A clear fire to replace the limpid space</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Behind this boredom and fatigue, this vast chagrin<br>Whose weight moves the mists of existence,<br>Happy is he who vigorously fans the senses<br>Toward serene and luminous fields&mdash;wincing!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The one whose thoughts are like skylarks taken wing<br>Across the heavens mornings in full flight<br>&mdash;Who hovers over life, understanding without effort<br>The language of flowers and mute things.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Translated by William A. Sigler</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Submitted by Ryan McGuire</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Charles+Baudelaire">Charles Baudelaire</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354422" data-title="Elevation de Charles Baudelaire" data-description="Above the ponds, beyond the valleys, The woods, the mountains, the clouds, the seas, Farther than the sun, the distant breeze, The spheres that wilt to infinity My spirit, you move with agility And, like a good swimmer who swoons in the wave You ..."></div> </div> </div>

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