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The Morrow Of Grandeur.
Victor Hugo
("Non, l'avenir n'est ' personne!")
[V. ii., August, 1832.]
Sire, beware, the future's range
Is of God alone the power,
Naught below but augurs change,
E'en with ev'ry passing hour....
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Then, Most, I Smile.
Victor Hugo
("Il est un peu tard.")
[Bk. III. xxx., Oct. 30, 1854.]
Late it is to look so proud,
Daisy queen! come is the gloom
Of the winter-burdened cloud! -
"But, in winter, most I bloom!"...
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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 Retreat From Moscow.
Victor Hugo
("Il neigeait.")
[Bk. V. xiii., Nov. 25-30, 1852.]
It snowed. A defeat was our conquest red!
For once the eagle was hanging its head.
Sad days! the Emperor turned slowly his back...
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The Swiss Mercenaries.
Victor Hugo
("Lorsque le regiment des hallebardiers.")
[Bk. XXXI.]
When the regiment of Halberdiers
Is proudly marching by,
The eagle of the mountain screams
From out his stormy sky;...
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The Trumpets Of The Mind.
Victor Hugo
("Sonnez, clairons de la pens'e!")
[Bk. VII. i., March 19, 1853.]
Sound, sound for ever, Clarions of Thought!
When Joshua 'gainst the high-walled city fought,...
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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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To His Muse.
Victor Hugo
("Puisqu'ici-bas tout 'me.")
[XL, May 19, 1836.]
Since everything below,
Doth, in this mortal state,
Its tone, its fragrance, or its glow
Communicate;
...
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Ye Mariners Who Spread Your Sails.
Victor Hugo
("Matel'ts, vous d'ploirez les voiles.")
[XVI., May 5, 1839.]
Ye mariners! ye mariners! each sail to the breeze unfurled,
In joy or sorrow still pursue your course around the world;...
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