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Aloysius Bertrand

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About Me

"I have a little confession to make to you. It was while thumbing through--for the twentieth time at least--the celebrated 'Gaspard de la nuit' of Aloysius Bertrand (a work known to both of us and to so many of our mutual friends, that it deserves to be called "celebrated" doesn't it?) ...that the idea came to me to try to do something analogous, and apply to...modern life... the method which Bertrand applied to painting scenes of ancient life with such strangely picturesque results." -Baudelaire

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MOONLIGHT

MOONLIGHT Translated by Michael Benedikt Awaken, all you sleepy-heads And pray now for the dead. --Call of the Night-Crier   Oh, how delightful it is, as nightly hours ring out from the st...
Posted by Aloysius Bertrand on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:26:00 PST

THE GOTHIC CHAMBER

THE GOTHIC CHAMBER Translated by Michael Benedikt Nox et solitudo plenae sunt diabolo. --The Church Fathers At night, my room is full of devils.   "Oh! the earth"--I murmured into the nigh...
Posted by Aloysius Bertrand on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:25:00 PST

SCARBO

SCARBO Translated by Michael Benedikt "Dear Lord, at the hour of my death, give me the prayers of a priest, a linen shroud, a coffin made of pine and a nice dry place." --The Paternosters of a Ge...
Posted by Aloysius Bertrand on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:24:00 PST