Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926), “Le crépuscule du soir”, c. 1900
illustration for Baudelaire’s ‘Les Fleurs du Mal’
“Collect yourself, my soul, in this grave hour And shut your ears against the din and stour. It is the hour when sick men’s pains increase. Death grips them by the throat, and soon they cease Their destined task, to find the common pit. The ward is filled with sighings. Out of it...” — Charles Baudelaire, Le crépuscule du soir / Evening Twilight
















