Rhymes of Joy (Rimes de joie in French) was Belgian poet Th odore Hannon's second book of poetry. Originally published in 1881, the book has the distinction of containing a preface written by J.-K. Huysmans who, three years later, in his ground-breaking decadent novel, Rebours, said this about Hannonʼs poetry: Its charming corruption corresponded fatally with the inclinations of Des Esseintes, who, on foggy days, on rainy...