The Sky
Where'er he be, on water or on land, Under pale suns or climes that flames enfold; One of Christ's own, or of Cythera's band, Shadowy beggar or Crsus rich with gold; Citizen, peasant, student, tramp; whate'er His little brain may be, alive or dead; Man knows the fear of mystery everywhere, And peeps, with trembling glances, overhead. The heaven above? A strangling cavern wall; The lighted ceiling of a music-hall Where every actor treads a bloody soil The hermit's hope; the terror of the sot; The sky: the black lid of the mighty pot Where the vast human generations boil!
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"Where'er he be, on water or on land,..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Charles Baudelaire delivers a powerful performance in "The Sky"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...