And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, "'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;- This it is, and nothing more.
Plût au ciel que le lecteur, enhardi et devenu momentanément féroce comme ce qu__l lit, trouve, sans se désorienter, son chemin abrupt et sauvage, _ travers les marécages désolés de ces pages sombres et pleines de poison ; car, _ moins qu'il n__pporte dans sa lecture une logique rigoureuse et une tension d__sprit égale au moins _ sa défiance, les émanations mortelles de ce livre imbiberont son âme comme l__au le sucre. Il n__st pas bon que tout le monde lise les pages qui vont suivre ; quelques-uns seuls savoureront ce fruit amer sans danger. Par conséquent, âme timide, avant de pénétrer plus loin dans de pareilles landes inexplorées, dirige tes talons en arrière et non en avant. _coute bien ce que je te dis : dirige tes talons en arrière et non en avant.
Maldoror = Les Chants de Maldoror, together with a translation of Lautre_amont's Poe_sies
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Plût au ciel que le lecteur, enhardi et devenu momentanément féroce comme ce qu__l lit, trouve, sans se désorienter, son chemin abrupt et sauvage, _ travers les marécages désolés de ces pages sombres et pleines de poison ; car, _ moins qu'il n__pporte dans sa lecture une logique rigoureuse et une tension d__sprit égale au moins _ sa défiance, les émanations mortelles de ce livre imbiberont son âme comme l__au le sucre. Il n__st pas bon que tout le monde lise les pages qui vont suivre ; quelques-uns seuls savoureront ce fruit amer sans danger. Par conséquent, âme timide, avant de pénétrer plus loin dans de pareilles landes inexplorées, dirige tes talons en arrière et non en avant. _coute bien ce que je te dis : dirige tes talons en arrière et non en avant.
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