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Inscription For A Crucifix.
Victor Hugo
("Vous qui pleurez, venez ' ce Dieu.")
[Bk. III. iv., March, 1842.]
Ye weepers, the Mourner o'er mourners behold!
Ye wounded, come hither - the Healer enfold!...
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L'Ann'e Terrible.
Victor Hugo
TO LITTLE JEANNE.
("Vous e'tes donc hier un an.")
[September, 1870.]
You've lived a year, then, yesterday, sweet child,
Prattling thus happily! So fledglings wild,...
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Marriage And Feasts.
Victor Hugo
("La salle est magnifique.")
[IV. Aug. 23, 1839.]
The hall is gay with limpid lustre bright -
The feast to pampered palate gives delight -
The sated guests pick at the spicy food,...
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Milton's Appeal To Cromwell.
Victor Hugo
("Non! je n'y puis tenir.")
[CROMWELL, Act III. sc. iv.]
Stay! I no longer can contain myself,
But cry you: Look on John, who bares his mind
To Oliver - to Cromwell, Milton speaks!...
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No Assassination.
Victor Hugo
("Laissons le glaive ' Rome.")
[Bk. III. xvi., October, 1852.]
Pray Rome put up her poniard!
And Sparta sheathe the sword;
Be none too prompt to punish,
And cast indignant word!...
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On A Flemish Window-Pane.
Victor Hugo
("J'aime le carillon dans tes cit's antiques.")
[XVIII., August, 1837.]
Within thy cities of the olden time
Dearly I love to list the ringing chime,...
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Roses And Butterflies.
Victor Hugo
("Roses et Papillons.")
[XXVII., Dec. 7, 1834.]
The grave receives us all:
Ye butterflies and roses gay and sweet
Why do ye linger, say?
Will ye not dwell together as is meet?...
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Sea-Adventurers' Song.
Victor Hugo
("En partant du Golfe d'Otrante.")
[Bk. XXVIII.]
We told thirty when we started
From port so taut and fine,
But soon our crew were parted,
Till now we number nine.
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Still Be A Child.
Victor Hugo
("O vous que votre 'ge d'fende")
[IX., February, 1840.]
In youthful spirits wild,
Smile, for all beams on thee;
Sport, sing, be still the child,
The flower, the honey-bee.
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The Fay And The Peri.
Victor Hugo
("O' vas-tu donc, jeune 'me.")
[XV.]
THE PERI.
Beautiful spirit, come with me
Over the blue enchanted sea:
Morn and evening thou canst play
In my garden, where the breeze...
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The Old And The Young Bridegroom.
Victor Hugo
("L'homme auquel on vous destina.")
[HERNANI, Act I.]
Listen. The man for whom your youth is destined,
Your uncle, Ruy de Silva, is the Duke
Of Pastrana, Count of Castile and Aragon....
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The Pasha And The Dervish.
Victor Hugo
("Un jour Ali passait.")
[XIII, Nov. 8, 1828.]
Ali came riding by - the highest head
Bent to the dust, o'ercharged with dread,
Whilst "God be praised!" all cried;...
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The Pity Of The Angels.
Victor Hugo
("Un Ange vit un jour.")
[LA PITI' SUPREME VIII., 1881.]
When an angel of kindness
Saw, doomed to the dark,
Men framed in his likeness,
He sought for a spark -...
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The Pool And The Soul.
Victor Hugo
("Comme dans les 'tangs.")
[X., May, 1839.]
As in some stagnant pool by forest-side,
In human souls two things are oft descried;
The sky, - which tints the surface of the pool...
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The Portrait Of A Child.
Victor Hugo
("Oui, ce front, ce sourire.")
[Bk. V. xxii., November, 1825.]
That brow, that smile, that cheek so fair,
Beseem my child, who weeps and plays:
A heavenly spirit guards her ways,...
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The Rose And The Grave.
Victor Hugo
("La tombe dit ' la rose.")
[XXXI., June 3, 1837]
The Grave said to the rose
"What of the dews of dawn,
Love's flower, what end is theirs?"
"And what of spirits flown,...
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The Son In Old Age.
Victor Hugo
("Ma Regina, cette noble figure.")
[LES BURGRAVES, Part II.]
Thy noble face, Regina, calls to mind
My poor lost little one, my latest born.
He was a gift from God - a sign of pardon -...
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The Vale To You, To Me The Heights. - A Fable.
Victor Hugo
[Bk. III. vi., October, 1846.]
A lion camped beside a spring, where came the Bird
Of Jove to drink:
When, haply, sought two kings, without their courtier herd,
The moistened brink,...
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The Watching Angel.
Victor Hugo
("Dans l'alc've sombre.")
[XX., November, 1831.]
In the dusky nook,
Near the altar laid,
Sleeps the child in shadow
Of his mother's bed:
Softly he reposes,...
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To Albert D'rer.
Victor Hugo
("Dans les vieilles for'ts.")
[X., April 20, 1837.]
Through ancient forests - where like flowing tide
The rising sap shoots vigor far and wide,
Mounting the column of the alder dark...
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