Absinthe die grüne Fee

Absinth und die Literatur

“For me, my glory is but a humble ephemeral absinthe
drunk on the sly, with fear of treason
and if I drink no longer,
it is for good reason!”
Paul Verlaine

Absinthe, mother of insane rages and staggering drunkenness, where one can say without thinking oneself mad that one is loved by one’s mistress.
Absinthe, your fragrance soothes me…
Gustave Kahn

Who brought you into this world, and ever since,
a tender mother,
Standing you double stead in this bitter life,
Has always drunk the absinthe and left the
honey for you.
Victor Hugo

“Let me be mad … mad with the madness of Absinthe, the wildest, most luxurious madness in the world.”
Wormwood: A Drama of Paris
Marie Corelli, 1890

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword.
Bible: Proverbs 5:4