“And you will be loved by my lovers, courted by my courtiers. You will be the queen of green-eyed men whose throats I have also squeezed in my nocturnal caresses; of those who love the sea, the immense, tumultuous, green sea, the formless, multiform water, the place where they are not, the woman they do not know, the sinister flowers that resemble the incense burners of an unknown religion, the perfumes that confuse the will, and the wild, voluptuous animals that are the emblems of their madness.”

“And you shall be loved by my lovers, wooed by my courtiers. You shall be the queen of all men with green eyes whose necks I held tightly in my nightly caresses; of those who love the sea, the immense sea, tumultuous and green, the shapeless and multiform water, the empty place, the woman they do not know,the sinister flowers that look like the censers of an unknown religion, the perfumes which trouble the will and the savage and voluptuous beasts epitomizing their madness.”

(Baudelaire – The benefits of the moon)