Poems
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.
Victor Hugo
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POEMS
1888
CONTENTS.
MEMOIR OF VICTOR MARIE HUGO.
EARLY POEMS.
ENVY AND AVARICE.
ODES.—1818-28.
KING LOUIS XVII.
THE FEAST OF FREEDOM.
TO YE KINGS.
GENIUS.
THE GIRL OF OTAHEITE.
NERO'S INCENDIARY SONG.
REGRET.
THE MORNING OF LIFE.
BELOVED NAME.
THE PORTRAIT OF A CHILD.
BALLADES.—1823-28.
THE GRANDMOTHER
THE GIANT IN GLEE.
THE CYMBALEER'S BRIDE.
BATTLE OF THE NORSEMEN AND THE GAELS.
MADELAINE.
THE FAY AND THE PERI.
THE PERI.
LES ORIENTALES.—1829.
THE SCOURGE OF HEAVEN.
PIRATES' SONG.
THE TURKISH CAPTIVE.
MOONLIGHT ON THE BOSPHORUS.
THE VEIL.
THE SISTER
THE FAVORITE SULTANA.
THE PASHA AND THE DERVISH.
THE LOST BATTLE.
THE GREEK BOY.
ZARA, THE BATHER
EXPECTATION.
THE LOVER'S WISH.
THE SACKING OF THE CITY.
NOORMAHAL THE FAIR.{1}
THE DJINNS.
THE OBDURATE BEAUTY.
DON RODRIGO.
CORNFLOWERS.
MAZEPPA.
THE DANUBE IN WRATH.
OLD OCEAN.
MY NAPOLEON.
LES FEUILLES D'AUTOMNE.—1831.
THE PATIENCE OF THE PEOPLE.
DICTATED BEFORE THE RHONE GLACIER.
THE POET'S LOVE FOR LIVELINESS.
INFANTILE INFLUENCE.
THE WATCHING ANGEL.
SUNSET.
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
II.
LES CHANTS DU CRÉPUSCULE.—1849.
PRELUDE TO "THE SONGS OF TWILIGHT."
THE LAND OF FABLE.
THE THREE GLORIOUS DAYS.
TRIBUTE TO THE VANQUISHED.
ANGEL OR DEMON.
THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.
MARRIAGE AND FEASTS.
THE MORROW OF GRANDEUR.
THE EAGLET MOURNED.
INVOCATION.
OUTSIDE THE BALL-ROOM.
PRAYER FOR FRANCE.
TO CANARIS, THE GREEK PATRIOT.
POLAND.
INSULT NOT THE FALLEN.
MORNING.
SONG OF LOVE.
SWEET CHARMER.{1}
MORE STRONG THAN TIME.
ROSES AND BUTTERFLIES.
THE POET TO HIS WIFE.
LES VOIX INTÉRIEURES.—1840.
THE BLINDED BOURBONS.
TO ALBERT DÜRER.
TO HIS MUSE.
THE COW.
MOTHERS.
TO SOME BIRDS FLOWN AWAY.
MY THOUGHTS OF YE.
THE BEACON IN THE STORM.
LOVE'S TREACHEROUS POOL
THE ROSE AND THE GRAVE.
LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES.—1840.
HOLYROOD PALACE.
THE HUMBLE HOME.
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
STILL BE A CHILD.
THE POOL AND THE SOUL.
YE MARINERS WHO SPREAD YOUR SAILS.
ON A FLEMISH WINDOW-PANE.
THE PRECEPTOR.
GASTIBELZA.
GUITAR SONG.
COME WHEN I SLEEP.
EARLY LOVE REVISITED.
SWEET MEMORY OF LOVE.
THE MARBLE FAUN.
BABY'S SEASIDE GRAVE.
LES CHÂTIMENTS.—1853.
INDIGNATION!
IMPERIAL REVELS.
POOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
APOSTROPHE TO NATURE.
NAPOLEON "THE LITTLE."
FACT OR FABLE?
NO ASSASSINATION.
THE DESPATCH OF THE DOOM.
THE SEAMAN'S SONG.
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.
THE OCEAN'S SONG.
THE TRUMPETS OF THE MIND.
AFTER THE COUP D'ÊTAT.
PATRIA.{1}
THE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC.
LES CONTEMPLATIONS.—1830-56.
THE VALE TO YOU, TO ME THE HEIGHTS.
CHILDHOOD.
SATIRE ON THE EARTH.
HOW BUTTERFLIES ARE BORN.
HAVE YOU NOTHING TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?
INSCRIPTION FOR A CRUCIFIX.{1}
DEATH, IN LIFE.
THE DYING CHILD TO ITS MOTHER.
EPITAPH.
ST. JOHN.
THE POET'S SIMPLE FAITH.
LA LÉGENDE DES SIÈCLES.
CAIN.
BOAZ ASLEEP.
SONG OF THE GERMAN LANZKNECHT
KING CANUTE.
II.
THE BOY-KING'S PRAYER.
EVIRADNUS.
THE SOUDAN, THE SPHINXES, THE CUP, THE LAMP.
SEA-ADVENTURERS' SONG.
THE SWISS MERCENARIES.
THE CUP ON THE BATTLE-FIELD.
HOW GOOD ARE THE POOR.
LA VOIX DE GUERNESEY.
MENTANA. {1}
LES CHANSONS DES RUES ET DES BOIS.
LOVE OF THE WOODLAND.
SHOOTING STARS.
L'ANNÉE TERRIBLE.
TO LITTLE JEANNE.
TO A SICK CHILD DURING THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
THE CARRIER PIGEON.
TOYS AND TRAGEDY.
MOURNING.
THE LESSON OF THE PATRIOT DEAD.
THE BOY ON THE BARRICADE.
TO HIS ORPHAN GRANDCHILDREN.
TO THE CANNON "VICTOR HUGO."
L'ART D'ÊTRE GRANDPÊRE.
THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR.
THE EPIC OF THE LION.
LES QUATRE VENTS DE L'ESPRIT.
ON HEARING THE PRINCESS ROYAL{1} SING.
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.
CHARITY.
SWEET SISTER.
THE PITY OF THE ANGELS.
THE SOWER.
OH, WHY NOT BE HAPPY?{1}
FREEDOM AND THE WORLD.
SERENADE.
AN AUTUMNAL SIMILE.
TO CRUEL OCEAN.
ESMERALDA IN PRISON.
LOVER'S SONG.
LORD ROCHESTER'S SONG.
THE BEGGAR'S QUATRAIN.
THE QUIET RURAL CHURCH.
DRAMATIC PIECES.
THE FATHER'S CURSE.
PATERNAL LOVE.
THE DEGENERATE GALLANTS.
THE OLD AND THE YOUNG BRIDEGROOM.
THE SPANISH LADY'S LOVE.
THE LOVER'S SACRIFICE.
THE OLD MAN'S LOVE.
THE ROLL OF THE DE SILVA RACE.
THE LOVERS' COLLOQUY.
CROMWELL AND THE CROWN.
MILTON'S APPEAL TO CROMWELL.
FIRST LOVE.
THE FIRST BLACK FLAG.
THE SON IN OLD AGE.
THE EMPEROR'S RETURN.