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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 Marble Faun.
Victor Hugo
("Il semblait grelotter.")
[XXXVI., December, 1837.]
He seemed to shiver, for the wind was keen.
'Twas a poor statue underneath a mass
Of leafless branches, with a blackened back...
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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 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 Obdurate Beauty.
Victor Hugo
("A Juana la Grenadine!")
[XXIX., October, 1843.]
To Juana ever gay,
Sultan Achmet spoke one day
"Lo, the realms that kneel to own
Homage to my sword and crown...
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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 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 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 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 Patience Of The People.
Victor Hugo
("Il s'est dit tant de fois.")
[III., May, 1830.]
How often have the people said: "What's power?"
Who reigns soon is dethroned? each fleeting hour
Has onward borne, as in a fevered dream,...
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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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