Paris Spleen: little poems in prose

Contents

contents Translator’s Introduction, vii Dedication: For Arsène Houssaye, 3 i The Stranger, 5 ii An Old Woman’s Despair, 6 iii The Artist’s Confiteor, 7 iv A Joker, 8 v Double Bedroom, 9 vi To Each His Chimæra, 12 vii The Fool and Venus, 13 viii Dog and Flask, 14 ix The Bad Glazier, 15 x One a.m., 18 xi Wild Woman and Little Darling, 20 xii The Crowd, 22 xiii Widows, 24 xiv The Old Showman, 27 xv Cake, 29 xvi The Clock, 31 xvii A Hemisphere in a Head of Hair, 32 xviii Invitation to the Voyage, 33 xix A Toy for the Poor, 36 xx Fairy Gifts, 38 xxi Temptations or Eros, Plutus and Glory, 40 xxii Evening Twilight, 43 xxiii Solitude, 45 xxiv Planning, 47 xxv Dorothea the Beautiful, 49 xxvi The Eyes of the Poor, 51 xxvii An Heroic Death, 53 xxviii The False Coin, 57 xxix Generous Gambler, 59 xxx The Rope, 62 xxxi Callings, 65 xxxii The Thyrsus, 69 xxxiii Be Drunk, 71 xxxiv Already!, 72 xxxv Windows, 74 xxxvi The Urge to Paint, 75 xxxvii Moon Favors, 76 xxxviii Which Is the True?, 77 xxxix A Thoroughbred, 78 xl The Mirror, 79 xli The Port, 80 xlii Mistresses Portrayed, 81 xliii The Gallant Marksman, 85 xliv Soup and Clouds, 86 xlv Shooting-Gallery and Cemetery, 87 xlvi Lost Halo, 88 xlvii Mademoiselle Bistoury, 89 xlviii Anywhere Out of the World, 92 xlix Knock Down the Poor!, 94 l Good Dogs, 96 ...