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You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved. **Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** **eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** *****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** Title: Poems Author: Victor Hugo Release Date: August, 2005 [EBook #8775] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on August 12, 2003] Edition: 10 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POEMS *** Produced by Stan Goodman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team [Transcription note: One poem uses an a with a macron over it, this has been rendered as ‰, which is not used in this text for any other purpose.] POEMS BY VICTOR HUGO 1888 CONTENTS. Memoir of Victor Marie Hugo EARLY POEMS. Moses on the Nile--_Dublin University Magazine_ Envy and Avarice--_American Keepsake_ ODES.--1818-28. King Louis XVII--_Dublin University Magazine_ The Feast of Freedom--_"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)_ Genius--_Mrs. Torre Hulme_ The Girl of Otaheite--_Clement Scott_ Nero's Incendiary Song--_H.J. Williams_ Regret--_Fraser's Magazine_ The Morning of Life Beloved Name--_Caroline Bowles (Mrs. Southey)_ The Portrait of a Child--_Dublin University Magazine_ BALLADES.--1823-28. The Grandmother--_"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)_ The Giant in Glee--_Foreign Quart. Rev. (adapted)_ The Cymbaleer's Bride--_"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)_ Battle of the Norsemen and the Gaels Madelaine The Fay and the Peri--_Asiatic Journal_ LES ORIENTALES.--1829 The Scourge of Heaven--_I.N. Fazakerley_ Pirates' Song The Turkish Captive--_W.D., Tait's Edisiburgh Mag._ Moonlight on the Bosphorus--_John L. O'Sullivan_ The Veil--_"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)_ The Favorite Sultana The Pasha and the Dervish The Lost Battle--_W.D., Bentley's Miscel_., 1839 The Greek Boy Zara, the Bather--_John L. O'Sullivan_ Expectation--_John L. O'Sullivan _ The Lover's Wish--_V., Eton Observer_ The Sacking of the City--_John L. O'Sullivan_ Noormahal the Fair The Djinns--_John L. O'Sullivan_ The Obdurate Beauty--_John L. O'Sullivan_ Don Rodrigo Cornflowers--_H.L. Williams_ Mazeppa--_H.L. Williams_ The Danube in Wrath--_Fraser's Magazine_ Old Ocean--_R.C. Ellwood_ My Napoleon--_H.L. Williams_ LES FEUILLES D'AUTOMNE.--1831. The Patience of the People--_G.W.M. Reynolds_ Dictated before the Rhone Glacier--_Author of "Critical Essays"_ The Poet's Love for Liveliness--_Fraser's Magazine_ Infantile Influence--_Henry Highton, M.A._ The Watching Angel--_Foreign Quarterly Review_ Sunset--_Toru Dutt_ The Universal Prayer--_Henry Highton, M.A._ The Universal Prayer--_C., Tait's Magazine_ LES CHANTS DU CR…PUSCULE.--1849. Prelude to "The Songs of Twilight"--_G.W.M. Reynolds_ The Land of Fable--_G.W.M. Rrynolds_ The Three Glorious Days--_Elizabeth Collins_ Tribute to the Vanquished--_Fraser's Magazine_ Angel or Demon--_Fraser's Magazine_ The Eruption of Vesuvius--_Fraser's Magazine_ Marriage and Feasts--_G.W.M. Reynolds_ The Morrow of Grandeur--_Fraser's Magazine_ The Eaglet Mourned--_Fraser's Magazine_ Invocation--_G.W.M. Reynolds_ Outside the Ball-room--_G.W.M. Reynolds_ Prayer for France--_J.S. Macrae_ To Canaris, the Greek Patriot--_G.W.M. Reynolds_ Poland--_G.W.M. Reynolds_ Insult not the Fallen--_W.C.K. Wilde_ Morning--_W.M. Hardinge_ Song of Love--_Toru Dutt_ Sweet Charmer--_H.B. Farnie_ More Strong than Time--_A. Lang_ Roses and Butterflies--_W.C. Westbrook_ A Simile--_Fanny Kemble-Butler_ The Poet to his Wife LES VOIX INT…RIEURES.--1840. The Blinded Bourbons--_Fraser's Magazine_ To Albert D¸rer--_Mrs. Newton Crosland_ To his Muse--_Fraser's Magazine_ The Cow--_Toru Dutt_ Mothers--_Dublin University Magazine_ To some Birds Flown away--_Mrs. Newton Crosland_ My Thoughts of Ye--_Dublin University Magazine_ The Beacon in the Storm Love's Treacherous Pool The Rose and the Grave--_A. Lang_ LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES.--1840. Holyrood Palace--_Fraser's Magazine_ The Humble Home--_Author of "Critical Essays"_ The Eighteenth Century--_Author of "Critical Essays"_ Still be a Child--_Dublin University Magazine_ The Pool and the Soul--_R.F. Hodgson_ Ye Mariners who Spread your Sails--_Author of "Critical Essays"_ On a Flemish Window-Pane--_Fraser's Magazine_ The Preceptor--_E.E. Frewer_ Gastibelza--_H.L. Williams_ Guitar Song--_Evelyn Jerrold_ Come when I Sleep--_Wm. W. Tomlinson_ Early Love Revisited--_Author of "Critical Essays"_ Sweet Memory of Love--_Author of "Critical Essays"_ The Marble Faun--_William Young_ A Love for Winged Things Baby's Seaside Grave LES CH¬TIMENTS.--1853. Indignation! Imperial Revels--_H.L.W._ Poor Little Children Apostrophe to Nature Napoleon "The Little" Fact or Fable--_H.L.W._ A Lament--_Edwin Arnold, C.S.I._ No Assassination The Despatch of the Doom The Seaman's Song The Retreat from Moscow--_Toru Dutt_ The Ocean's Song--_Toru Dutt_ The Trumpets of the Mind--_Toru Dutt_ After the Coup d'…tat--_Toru Dutt_ Patria The Universal Republic LES CONTEMPLATIONS.--1830-56. The Vale to You, to Me the Heights--_H.L.W_ Childhood--_Nelson R. Tyerman_ Satire on the Earth How Butterflies are Born--_A. Lang_ Have You Nothing to Say for Yourself?--_C.H. Kenny_ Inscription for a Crucifix Death, in Life The Dying Child to its Mother--_Bp. Alexander_ Epitaph--_Nelson R. Tyerman_ St. John--_Nelson R. Tyerman_ The Poet's Simple Faith--_Prof. E. Dowden_ I am Content LA L…GENDE DES SI»CLES. Cain--_Dublin University Magazine_ Boaz Asleep--_Bp. Alexander_ Song of the German Lanzknecht--_H.L.W._ King Canute--_R. Garnett_ King Canute--_Dublin University Magazine_ The Boy-King's Prayer--_Dublin University Magazine_ Eviradnus--_Mrs. Newton Crosland_ The Soudan, the Sphinxes, the Cup, the Lamp--_Bp. Alexander_ A Queen Five Summers Old--_Bp. Alexander_ Sea Adventurers' Song The Swiss Mercenaries--_Bp. Alexander_ The Cup on the Battle-Field--_Toru Dutt_ How Good are the Poor--_Bp. Alexander_ LA VOIX DE GUERNESEY. Mentana--_Edwin Arnold, C.S.I._ LES CHANSONS DES RUES ET DES BOIS. Love of the Woodland Shooting Stars L'ANN…E TERRIBLE. To Little Jeanne--_Marwaod Tucker_ To a Sick Child during the Siege of Paris--_Lucy H. Hooper_ The Carrier Pigeon Toys and Tragedy Mourning--_Marwood Tucker_ The Lesson of the Patriot Dead--_H.L.W._ The Boy on the Barricade--_H.L.W._ To His Orphan Grandchildren--_Marwood Tucker_ To the Cannon "Victor Hugo" L'ART D' TRE GRANDP»RE. The Children of the Poor--_Dublin University Magazine_ The Epic of the Lion--_Edwin Arnold, C.S.I._ LES QUATRE VENTS DE L'ESPRIT. On Hearing the Princess Royal Sing--_Nelson R. Tyerman_ My Happiest Dream An Old-Time Lay Jersey Then, most, I Smile The Exile's Desire The Refugee's Haven VARIOUS PIECES. To the Napoleon Column--_Author of "Critical Essays"_ Charity--_Dublin University Magazine_ Sweet Sister--_Mrs. B. Somers_ The Pity of the Angels The Sower--_Toru Dutt_ Oh, Why not be Happy?--_Leopold Wray_ Freedom and the World Serenade--_Henry F. Chorley_ An Autumnal Simile To Cruel Ocean Esmeralda in Prison Lover's Song--_Ernest Oswald Coe_ A Fleeting Glimpse of a Village--_Fraser's Magazine_ Lord Rochester's Song The Beggar's Quatrain--_H.L.C., London Society_ The Quiet Rural Church A Storm Simile DRAMATIC PIECES. The Father's Curse--_Fredk. L. Slous_ Paternal Love--_Fanny Kemble-Butler_ The Degenerate Gallants--_Lord F. Leveson Gower_ The Old and the Young Bridegroom--_Charles Sherry_ The Spanish Lady's Love--_C. Moir_ The Lover's Sacrifice--_Lord F. Leveson Gower_ The Old Man's Love--_C. Moir_ The Roll of the De Silva Race--_Lord F. Leveson Gower_ The Lover's Colloquy--_Lord F. Leveson Gower_ Cromwell and the Crown--_Leitch Ritchie_ Milton's Appeal to Cromwell First Love--_Fanny Kemble-Butler_ The First Black Flag--_Democratic Review_ The Son in Old Age--_Foreign Quarterly Review_ The Emperor's Return--_Athenaum_ Victor in Poesy, Victor in Romance, Cloud-weaver of phantasmal hopes and fears, French of the French, and Lord of human tears; Child-lover; Bard whose fame-lit laurels glance Darkening the wreaths of all that would advance, Beyond our strait, their claim to be thy peers; Weird Titan by thy winter weight of years As yet unbroken, Stormy voice of France! TENNYSON. MEMOIR OF VICTOR MARIE HUGO. Towards the close of the First French Revolution, Joseph Leopold Sigisbert Hugo, son of a joiner at Nancy, and an officer risen from the ranks in the Republican army, married Sophie TrÈbuchet, daughter of a Nantes fitter-out of privateers, a Vendean royalist and devotee. Victor Marie Hugo, their second son, was born on the 26th of February, 1802, at BesanÁon, France. Though a weakling, he was carried, with his boy-brothers, in the train of their father through the south of France, in pursuit of Fra Diavolo, the Italian brigand, and finally into Spain.