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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 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 Poet's Simple Faith.
Victor Hugo
You say, "Where goest thou?" I cannot tell,
And still go on. If but the way be straight,
It cannot go amiss! before me lies
Dawn and the Day; the Night behind me; that
Suffices me; I break the bounds; I see,...
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The Poet To His Wife.
Victor Hugo
("' toi, toujours ' toi.")
[XXXIX., 1823]
To thee, all time to thee,
My lyre a voice shall be!
Above all earthly fashion,
Above mere mundane rage,
Your mind made it my passion...
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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 Preceptor.
Victor Hugo
("Homme chauve et noir.")
[XIX., May, 1839.]
A gruesome man, bald, clad in black,
Who kept us youthful drudges in the track,
Thinking it good for them to leave home care,...
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The Universal Prayer.
Victor Hugo
("Ma fille, va prier!")
[XXXVII., June, 1830.]
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Come, child, to prayer; the busy day is done,
A golden star gleams through the dusk of night;...
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To A Sick Child During The Siege Of Paris.
Victor Hugo
("Si vous continuez toute p'le.")
[November, 1870.]
If you continue thus so wan and white;
If I, one day, behold
You pass from out our dull air to the light,
You, infant - I, so old:...
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To Canaris, The Greek Patriot.
Victor Hugo
("Canaris! nous t'avons oubli'.")
[VIII., October, 1832.]
O Canaris! O Canaris! the poet's song
Has blameful left untold thy deeds too long!
But when the tragic actor's part is done,...
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