Poems eBook

Victor Hugo

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LES ORIENTALES.—1829	1
LES FEUILLES D’AUTOMNE.—1831.	1
LES CHANTS DU CREPUSCULE.—1849.	1
LES VOIX INTERIEURES.—1840.	1
LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES.—1840.	2
LES CHATIMENTS.—1853.	2
LES CONTEMPLATIONS.—1830-56.	2
LA LEGENDE DES SIECLES.	2
LA VOIX DE GUERNESEY.	2
LES CHANSONS DES RUES ET DES BOIS.	2
L’ANNEE TERRIBLE.	3
L’ART D’ETRE GRANDPERE.	3
LES QUATRE VENTS DE L’ESPRIT.	3
VARIOUS PIECES.	3
DRAMATIC PIECES.	3
MEMOIR OF	3
EARLY POEMS.	8
ENVY AND AVARICE.	10
ODES.—1818-28.	11
THE FEAST OF FREEDOM.	12
TO YE KINGS.	12
GENIUS.	13
MRS. TORRE HULME	14
CLEMENT SCOTT	14
H.L. WILLIAMS	15
THE MORNING OF LIFE.	16
BELOVED NAME.	16
CAROLINE BOWLES (MRS. SOUTHEY)	17
BALLADES.—1823-28.	17
THE GIANT IN GLEE.	18
THE CYMBALEER’S BRIDE.	19
BATTLE OF THE NORSEMEN AND THE GAELS.	20
MADELAINE.	21
THE FAY AND THE PERI.	21
THE PERI.	21
LES ORIENTALES.—1829.	23
I.	23
II.	23
III.	24
IV.	24
V.	25
VI.	25
VII.	25
VIII.	26
IX.	27
X.	27
XI.	28
J.N. FAZAKERLEY	28
THE TURKISH CAPTIVE.	28
MOONLIGHT ON THE BOSPHORUS.	29
THE VEIL.	30
THE SISTER	30
THE FAVORITE SULTANA.	31
THE PASHA AND THE DERVISH.	31
THE LOST BATTLE.	32
THE GREEK BOY.	34
ZARA, THE BATHER	34
EXPECTATION.	35
THE LOVER’S WISH.	36
THE SACKING OF THE CITY.	36
NOORMAHAL THE FAIR.[1]	37
THE DJINNS.	37
THE OBDURATE BEAUTY.	39
DON RODRIGO.	39
CORNFLOWERS.	40
H. L. WILLIAMS	41
H.L. WILLIAMS	41
OLD OCEAN.	41
R.C. ELLWOOD	41
LES FEUILLES D’AUTOMNE.—1831.	42
DICTATED BEFORE THE RHONE GLACIER.	42
THE POET’S LOVE FOR LIVELINESS.	43
INFANTILE INFLUENCE.	44
THE WATCHING ANGEL.	44
SUNSET.	45
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.	45
I.	45
II.	46
LES CHANTS DU CREPUSCULE.—1849.	47
G.W.M. REYNOLDS	48
G.W.M. REYNOLDS	48
TRIBUTE TO THE VANQUISHED.	49
ANGEL OR DEMON.	49
THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.	50
MARRIAGE AND FEASTS.	50
THE MORROW OF GRANDEUR.	52
THE EAGLET MOURNED.	53
INVOCATION.	54
OUTSIDE THE BALL-ROOM.	54
PRAYER FOR FRANCE.	55
TO CANARIS, THE GREEK PATRIOT.	55
POLAND.	56
INSULT NOT THE FALLEN.	56
MORNING.	57
SONG OF LOVE.	57
SWEET CHARMER.[1]	57
MORE STRONG THAN TIME.	58
ROSES AND BUTTERFLIES.	58
W.C. WESTBROOK	59
FANNY KEMBLE (BUTLER)	59
LES VOIX INTERIEURES.—1840.	59
MRS. NEWTON CROSLAND	60
THE COW.	61
MOTHERS.	62
TO SOME BIRDS FLOWN AWAY.	62
MY THOUGHTS OF YE.	65
THE BEACON IN THE STORM.	66
LOVE’S TREACHEROUS POOL	67
THE ROSE AND THE GRAVE.	67
LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES.—1840.	67
THE HUMBLE HOME.	67
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.	68
STILL BE A CHILD.	68
THE POOL AND THE SOUL.	68
R.F. HODGSON	68
ON A FLEMISH WINDOW-PANE.	69
THE PRECEPTOR.	70
E.E. FREWER	70
GUITAR SONG.	71
EVELYN JERROLD	71
EARLY LOVE REVISITED.	72
SWEET MEMORY OF LOVE.	72
THE MARBLE FAUN.	73
WILLIAM YOUNG	74
BABY’S SEASIDE GRAVE.	74
LES CHATIMENTS.—1853.	75
IMPERIAL REVELS.	75
POOR LITTLE CHILDREN.	76
APOSTROPHE TO NATURE.	76
NAPOLEON “THE LITTLE.”	76
FACT OR FABLE?	76
A LAMENT.	77
NO ASSASSINATION.	77
THE DESPATCH OF THE DOOM.	78
THE SEAMAN’S SONG.	78
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.	78
THE OCEAN’S SONG.	79
TORU DUTT	80
AFTER THE COUP D’ETAT.	80
PATRIA.[1]	81
THE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC.	81
LES CONTEMPLATIONS.—1830-56.	82
CHILDHOOD.	82
SATIRE ON THE EARTH.	83
HOW BUTTERFLIES ARE BORN.	83
HAVE YOU NOTHING TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?	83
INSCRIPTION FOR A CRUCIFIX.[1]	84
DEATH, IN LIFE.	84
THE DYING CHILD TO ITS MOTHER.	84
EPITAPH.	85
ST. JOHN.	85
THE POET’S SIMPLE FAITH.	85
I AM CONTENT.	85
LA LEGENDE DES SIECLES.	86
BOAZ ASLEEP.	87
SONG OF THE GERMAN LANZKNECHT	88
KING CANUTE.	89
I.	89
II.	89
THE BOY-KING’S PRAYER.	90
EVIRADNUS.	91
I.	91
II.	92
III.	93
IV.	95
V.	96
VI.	96
VII.	98
VIII.	99
IX.	102
X.	103
XI.	103
XII.	104
XIII.	105
XIV.	106
XV.	108
XVI.	108
XVII.	111
XVIII.	112
THE SOUDAN, THE SPHINXES, THE CUP, THE LAMP.	113
BP. ALEXANDER	119
BP. ALEXANDER	120
THE SWISS MERCENARIES.	122
BP. ALEXANDER	123
TORU DUTT	123
BP. ALEXANDER	126
MENTANA. [1]	126
I.	126
II.	127
III.	127
IV.	127
V.	128
VI.	128
VII.	128
VIII.	129
LES CHANSONS DES RUES ET DES BOIS.	129
SHOOTING STARS.	130
L’ANNEE TERRIBLE.	130
TO A SICK CHILD DURING THE SIEGE OF PARIS.	131
THE CARRIER PIGEON.	132
TOYS AND TRAGEDY.	132
MOURNING.	132
THE LESSON OF THE PATRIOT DEAD.	133
THE BOY ON THE BARRICADE.	133
TO HIS ORPHAN GRANDCHILDREN.	134
TO THE CANNON “VICTOR HUGO.”	135
L’ART D’ETRE GRANDPERE.	135
THE EPIC OF THE LION.	136
LES QUATRE VENTS DE L’ESPRIT.	138
MY HAPPIEST DREAM.	138
AN OLD-TIME LAY.	139
JERSEY.	139
THEN, MOST, I SMILE.	139
THE EXILE’S DESIRE.	140
THE REFUGEE’S HAVEN.	140
VARIOUS PIECES.	140
CHARITY.	141
SWEET SISTER.	142
THE PITY OF THE ANGELS.	142
THE SOWER.	142
OH, WHY NOT BE HAPPY?[1]	142
FREEDOM AND THE WORLD.	143
SERENADE.	143
AN AUTUMNAL SIMILE.	143
TO CRUEL OCEAN.	143
ESMERALDA IN PRISON.	144
LOVER’S SONG.	144
A FLEETING GLIMPSE OF A VILLAGE.	144
LORD ROCHESTER’S SONG.	144
THE BEGGAR’S QUATRAIN.	145
THE QUIET RURAL CHURCH.	145
A STORM SIMILE.	145
DRAMATIC PIECES.	145
PATERNAL LOVE.	146
THE DEGENERATE GALLANTS.	146
LORD F. LEVESON GOWER (1ST EARL OF ELLESMERE.)	147
THE SPANISH LADY’S LOVE.	148
THE LOVER’S SACRIFICE.	148
THE OLD MAN’S LOVE.	149
THE ROLL OF THE DE SILVA RACE.	150
LORD F. LEVESON GOWER (1ST EARL OF ELLESMERE)	150
CROMWELL AND THE CROWN.	151
MILTON’S APPEAL TO CROMWELL.	151
FIRST LOVE.	153
THE FIRST BLACK FLAG.	154
THE SON IN OLD AGE.	154
THE EMPEROR’S RETURN.	155

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