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Title: PoemsAuthor: Victor HugoRelease date: August 1, 2005 [eBook #8775]Most recently updated: May 6, 2013Language: EnglishCredits: Text file produced by Stan Goodman and the Online DistributedProofreading TeamHTML file produced by David Widger
Title: Poems
Author: Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Release date: August 1, 2005 [eBook #8775]Most recently updated: May 6, 2013
Language: English
Credits: Text file produced by Stan Goodman and the Online DistributedProofreading TeamHTML file produced by David Widger
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POEMS ***
CONTENTS
ORIGINAL TABLE OF 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 DÃœRER.
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 GRANDPÈRE.
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.
Memoir of Victor Marie Hugo
EARLY POEMS.
Moses on the Nile—Dublin University MagazineEnvy and Avarice—American Keepsake
ODES.—1818-28.
King Louis XVII—Dublin University MagazineThe Feast of Freedom—"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)Genius—Mrs. Torre HulmeThe Girl of Otaheite—Clement ScottNero's Incendiary Song—H.J. WilliamsRegret—Fraser's MagazineThe Morning of LifeBeloved 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 GaelsMadelaineThe Fay and the Peri—Asiatic Journal
LES ORIENTALES.—1829
The Scourge of Heaven—I.N. FazakerleyPirates' SongThe Turkish Captive—W.D., Tait's Edisiburgh Mag.Moonlight on the Bosphorus—John L. O'SullivanThe Veil—"Father Prout" (F.S. Mahony)The Favorite SultanaThe Pasha and the DervishThe Lost Battle—W.D., Bentley's Miscel., 1839The Greek BoyZara, the Bather—John L. O'SullivanExpectation—John L. O'SullivanThe Lover's Wish—V., Eton ObserverThe Sacking of the City—John L. O'SullivanNoormahal the FairThe Djinns—John L. O'SullivanThe Obdurate Beauty—John L. O'SullivanDon RodrigoCornflowers—H.L. WilliamsMazeppa—H.L. WilliamsThe Danube in Wrath—Fraser's MagazineOld Ocean—R.C. EllwoodMy Napoleon—H.L. Williams
LES FEUILLES D'AUTOMNE.—1831.
The Patience of the People—G.W.M. ReynoldsDictated before the Rhone Glacier—Author of "Critical Essays"The Poet's Love for Liveliness—Fraser's MagazineInfantile Influence—Henry Highton, M.A.The Watching Angel—Foreign Quarterly ReviewSunset—Toru DuttThe Universal Prayer—Henry Highton, M.A.The Universal Prayer—C., Tait's Magazine
LES CHANTS DU CRÉPUSCULE.—1849.
Prelude to "The Songs of Twilight"—G.W.M. ReynoldsThe Land of Fable—G.W.M. RrynoldsThe Three Glorious Days—Elizabeth CollinsTribute to the Vanquished—Fraser's MagazineAngel or Demon—Fraser's MagazineThe Eruption of Vesuvius—Fraser's MagazineMarriage and Feasts—G.W.M. ReynoldsThe Morrow of Grandeur—Fraser's MagazineThe Eaglet Mourned—Fraser's MagazineInvocation—G.W.M. ReynoldsOutside the Ball-room—G.W.M. ReynoldsPrayer for France—J.S. MacraeTo Canaris, the Greek Patriot—G.W.M. ReynoldsPoland—G.W.M. ReynoldsInsult not the Fallen—W.C.K. WildeMorning—W.M. HardingeSong of Love—Toru DuttSweet Charmer—H.B. FarnieMore Strong than Time—A. LangRoses and Butterflies—W.C. WestbrookA Simile—Fanny Kemble-ButlerThe Poet to his Wife
LES VOIX INTÉRIEURES.—1840.
The Blinded Bourbons—Fraser's MagazineTo Albert Dürer—Mrs. Newton CroslandTo his Muse—Fraser's MagazineThe Cow—Toru DuttMothers—Dublin University MagazineTo some Birds Flown away—Mrs. Newton CroslandMy Thoughts of Ye—Dublin University MagazineThe Beacon in the StormLove's Treacherous PoolThe Rose and the Grave—A. Lang
LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES.—1840.
Holyrood Palace—Fraser's MagazineThe Humble Home—Author of "Critical Essays"The Eighteenth Century—Author of "Critical Essays"Still be a Child—Dublin University MagazineThe Pool and the Soul—R.F. HodgsonYe Mariners who Spread your Sails—Author of "Critical Essays"On a Flemish Window-Pane—Fraser's MagazineThe Preceptor—E.E. FrewerGastibelza—H.L. WilliamsGuitar Song—Evelyn JerroldCome when I Sleep—Wm. W. TomlinsonEarly Love Revisited—Author of "Critical Essays"Sweet Memory of Love—Author of "Critical Essays"The Marble Faun—William YoungA Love for Winged ThingsBaby's Seaside Grave
LES CHÂTIMENTS.—1853.
Indignation!Imperial Revels—H.L.W.Poor Little ChildrenApostrophe to NatureNapoleon "The Little"Fact or Fable—H.L.W.A Lament—Edwin Arnold, C.S.I.No AssassinationThe Despatch of the DoomThe Seaman's SongThe Retreat from Moscow—Toru DuttThe Ocean's Song—Toru DuttThe Trumpets of the Mind—Toru DuttAfter the Coup d'État—Toru DuttPatriaThe Universal Republic
LES CONTEMPLATIONS.—1830-56.
The Vale to You, to Me the Heights—H.L.WChildhood—Nelson R. TyermanSatire on the EarthHow Butterflies are Born—A. LangHave You Nothing to Say for Yourself?—C.H. KennyInscription for a CrucifixDeath, in LifeThe Dying Child to its Mother—Bp. AlexanderEpitaph—Nelson R. TyermanSt. John—Nelson R. TyermanThe Poet's Simple Faith—Prof. E. DowdenI am Content
LA LÉGENDE DES SIÈCLES.
Cain—Dublin University MagazineBoaz Asleep—Bp. AlexanderSong of the German Lanzknecht—H.L.W.King Canute—R. GarnettKing Canute—Dublin University MagazineThe Boy-King's Prayer—Dublin University MagazineEviradnus—Mrs. Newton CroslandThe Soudan, the Sphinxes, the Cup, the Lamp—Bp. AlexanderA Queen Five Summers Old—Bp. AlexanderSea Adventurers' SongThe Swiss Mercenaries—Bp. AlexanderThe Cup on the Battle-Field—Toru DuttHow Good are the Poor—Bp. Alexander
LA VOIX DE GUERNESEY.