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The Land Of Fable.
Victor Hugo
("L'Orient! qu'y voyez-vous, po'tes?")
[PRELUDE, b.]
Now, vot'ries of the Muses, turn your eyes,
Unto the East, and say what there appears!
"Alas!" the voice of Poesy replies,...
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The Lesson Of The Patriot Dead.
Victor Hugo
("O caresse sublime.")
[April, 1871.]
Upon the grave's cold mouth there ever have caresses clung
For those who died ideally good and grand and pure and young;...
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The Lost Battle.
Victor Hugo
("Allah! qui me rendra-")
[XVL, May, 1828.]
Oh, Allah! who will give me back my terrible array?
My emirs and my cavalry that shook the earth to-day;...
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The Lovers' Colloquy.
Victor Hugo
("Mon duc, rien qu'un moment.")
[HERNANI, Act V.]
One little moment to indulge the sight
With the rich beauty of the summer's night.
The harp is hushed, and, see, the torch is dim, -...
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The Lover's Sacrifice.
Victor Hugo
("Fuyons ensemble.")
[HERNANI, Act II.]
DONNA SOL. Together let us fly!
HERNANI. Together? No! the hour is past for flight.
Dearest, when first thy beauty smote my sight,...
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The Lover's Wish.
Victor Hugo
("Si j''tais la feuille.")
[XXII., September, 1828.]
Oh! were I the leaf that the wind of the West,
His course through the forest uncaring;
To sleep on the gale or the wave's placid breast...
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The Morning Of Life.
Victor Hugo
("Le voile du matin.")
[Bk. V. viii., April, 1822.]
The mist of the morning is torn by the peaks,
Old towers gleam white in the ray,
And already the glory so joyously seeks...
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The Old Man's Love.
Victor Hugo
("D'rision! que cet amour boiteux.")
[HERNANI, Act III.]
O mockery! that this halting love
That fills the heart so full of flame and transport,
Forgets the body while it fires the soul!...
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The Poet's Love For Liveliness.
Victor Hugo
("Moi, quelque soit le monde.")
[XV., May 11, 1830.]
For me, whate'er my life and lot may show,
Years blank with gloom or cheered by mem'ry's glow,...
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The Soudan, The Sphinxes, The Cup, The Lamp.
Victor Hugo
("Zim-Zizimi, Soudan d''gypte.")
[Bk. XVI. i.]
Zim Zizimi - (of the Soudan of burnt Egypt,
The Commander of Believers, a Bashaw
Whose very robes were from Asia's greatest stript,...
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The Spanish Lady's Love.
Victor Hugo
DONNA SOL to HERNANI.
("Nous partirons demain.")
[HERNANI, ACT I.]
To mount the hills or scaffold, we go to-morrow:
Hernani, blame me not for this my boldness....
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