Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier,
Enamels and Cameos — Carmen
“ That hath drawn its crimson from hearts in hell. The haughtiest beauty must yield her fame, When this strange vision shall dusk her sky. For Carmen rules, and her glance’s flame Shall set the torch to satiety. Wild, graceless Carmen! — Though yet this be, Savour she hath of a world undreamt, Of a world of wonder, whose salt young sea Provoked a Venus to rise and tempt. ”
