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This author began one poem by stating that “Nature is a temple where living pillars / Sometimes let out confused lyrics.” In another poem, this author of “Correspondences” wrote about an “awkward (15[1])and weak” creature who “Pitifully (15[1])let go their great white wings / Like oars (15[1])dragging alongside them." (15[1])In addition to “The (*) Albatross”, (10[1])this poet (-5[1])said “You Know him…this delicate monster” in “To the Reader.” (10[1])Théophile Gautier was the dedicatee to a collection by this man whose sections include “Parisian Scenes” and “Spleen and Ideal.” For 10 (10[1])points, the collection The Flowers of Evil was (10[1])written by what French (10[1])symbolist poet? ■END■

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