"Within the shelter of black yews
The owls in ranks are ranged apart
Like foreign gods, whose eyeballs dart
Red fire. They meditate and muse."

- Baudelaire, 'The Owls' (trans. Roy Campbell)
#OwlishMonday #owls #poetry #poetrysky #decadents #BookChatWeekly

Grabbed both these beauties for €5 at #Waterlooplein market today. 😍😍

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#illustration #beardsley #victoriana #decadents