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The Ocean's Song.
Victor Hugo
("Nous nous promenions ' Rozel-Tower.")
[Bk. VI. iv., October, 1852.]
We walked amongst the ruins famed in story
Of Rozel-Tower,
And saw the boundless waters stretch in glory...
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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 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 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 Refugee's Haven.
Victor Hugo
("Vous voil' dans la froide Angleterre.")
[Bk. III. xlvii., Jersey, Sept. 19, 1854.]
You may doubt I find comfort in England
But, there, 'tis a refuge from dangers!...
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The Roll Of The De Silva Race.
Victor Hugo
("Celui-ci, des Silvas, c'est l'a'n'.")
[HERNANI, Act III.]
In that reverend face
Behold the father of De Silva's race,
Silvius; in Rome he filled the consul's place...
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The Sacking Of The City.
Victor Hugo
("La flamme par ton ordre, O roi!")
[XXIII., November, 1825.]
Thy will, O King, is done! Lighting but to consume,
The roar of the fierce flames drowned even the shouts and shrieks;...
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The Scourge Of Heaven.
Victor Hugo
("L', voyez-vous passer, la nu'e.")
[I., November, 1828.]
I.
Hast seen it pass, that cloud of darkest rim?
Now red and glorious, and now gray and dim,...
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The Seaman's Song.
Victor Hugo
("Adieu, patrie.")
[Bk. V. ix., Aug. 1, 1852.]
Farewell the strand,
The sails expand
Above!
Farewell the land
We love!
Farewell, old home where apples swing!...
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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 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 Sower.
Victor Hugo
Sitting in a porchway cool,
Fades the ruddy sunlight fast,
Twilight hastens on to rule -
Working hours are wellnigh past
Shadows shoot across the lands;
But one sower lingers still,...
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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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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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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 Some Birds Flown Away.
Victor Hugo
("Enfants! Oh! revenez!")
[XXII, April, 1837]
Children, come back - come back, I say -
You whom my folly chased away
A moment since, from this my room,...
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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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