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Poems of Victor Hugo

by Victor Hugo

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Dedication
  3. 3Epigraph — Dedication
  4. 4Memoir of Victor Marie Hugo
  5. 5Early Poems
  6. 6Envy and Avarice
  7. 7Odes — 1818-28
  8. 8The Feast of Freedom
  9. 9To Ye Kings
  10. 10Genius
  11. 11The Girl of Otaheite
  12. 12Nero’s Incendiary Song
  13. 13Regret
  14. 14The Morning of Life
  15. 15Beloved Name
  16. 16The Portrait of a Child
  17. 17Ballades — 1823-28
  18. 18The Giant in Glee
  19. 19The Cymbaleer’s Bride
  20. 20Battle of the Norsemen and the Gaels
  21. 21Madelaine
  22. 22The Fay and the Peri — The Peri
  23. 23Les Orientales — 1829
  24. 24Pirates’ Song
  25. 25The Turkish Captive
  26. 26Moonlight on the Bosphorus
  27. 27The Veil — The Sister
  28. 28The Favorite Sultana
  29. 29The Pasha and the Dervish
  30. 30The Lost Battle
  31. 31The Greek Boy
  32. 32Zara, the Bather
  33. 33Expectation
  34. 34The Lover’s Wish
  35. 35The Sacking of the City
  36. 36Noormahal the Fair
  37. 37The Djinns
  38. 38The Obdurate Beauty
  39. 39Don Rodrigo
  40. 40Cornflowers
  41. 41Mazeppa
  42. 42The Danube in Wrath
  43. 43Old Ocean
  44. 44My Napoleon
  45. 45Les Feuilles D’Automne — 1831
  46. 46Dictated Before the Rhone Glacier
  47. 47The Poet’s Love for Liveliness
  48. 48Infantile Influence
  49. 49The Watching Angel
  50. 50Sunset
  51. 51The Universal Prayer
  52. 52II
  53. 53Les Chants du Crépuscule — 1849
  54. 54The Land of Fable
  55. 55The Three Glorious Days
  56. 56Tribute to the Vanquished
  57. 57Angel or Demon
  58. 58The Eruption of Vesuvius
  59. 59Marriage and Feasts
  60. 60The Morrow of Grandeur
  61. 61The Eaglet Mourned
  62. 62Invocation
  63. 63Outside the Ball-Room
  64. 64Prayer for France
  65. 65To Canaris, the Greek Patriot
  66. 66Poland
  67. 67Insult Not the Fallen
  68. 68Morning
  69. 69Song of Love
  70. 70Sweet Charmer
  71. 71More Strong Than Time
  72. 72Roses and Butterflies
  73. 73The Poet to His Wife
  74. 74Les Voix Intérieures — 1840
  75. 75To Albert Dürer
  76. 76To His Muse
  77. 77The Cow
  78. 78Mothers
  79. 79To Some Birds Flown Away
  80. 80My Thoughts of Ye
  81. 81The Beacon in the Storm
  82. 82Love’s Treacherous Pool
  83. 83The Rose and the Grave
  84. 84Les Rayons et les Ombres — 1840
  85. 85The Humble Home
  86. 86The Eighteenth Century
  87. 87Still Be a Child
  88. 88The Pool and the Soul
  89. 89Ye Mariners Who Spread Your Sails
  90. 90On a Flemish Window-Pane
  91. 91The Preceptor
  92. 92Gastibelza
  93. 93Guitar Song
  94. 94Come When I Sleep
  95. 95Early Love Revisited
  96. 96Sweet Memory of Love
  97. 97The Marble Faun
  98. 98Baby’s Seaside Grave
  99. 99Les Châtiments — 1853
  100. 100Imperial Revels
  101. 101Poor Little Children
  102. 102Apostrophe to Nature
  103. 103Napoleon “The Little”
  104. 104Fact or Fable?
  105. 105No Assassination
  106. 106The Despatch of the Doom
  107. 107The Seaman’s Song
  108. 108The Retreat From Moscow
  109. 109The Ocean’s Song
  110. 110The Trumpets of the Mind
  111. 111After the Coup D’Êtat
  112. 112Patria
  113. 113The Universal Republic
  114. 114Les Contemplations — 1830-56
  115. 115Childhood
  116. 116Satire on the Earth
  117. 117How Butterflies Are Born
  118. 118Have You Nothing to Say for Yourself?
  119. 119Inscription for a Crucifix
  120. 120Death, in Life
  121. 121The Dying Child to Its Mother
  122. 122Epitaph
  123. 123St. John
  124. 124The Poet’s Simple Faith
  125. 125La Légende des Siècles
  126. 126Boaz Asleep
  127. 127Song of the German Lanzknecht
  128. 128King Canute
  129. 129II
  130. 130The Boy-King’s Prayer
  131. 131Eviradnus
  132. 132The Soudan, the Sphinxes, the Cup, the Lamp
  133. 133Sea-Adventurers’ Song
  134. 134The Swiss Mercenaries
  135. 135The Cup on the Battle-Field
  136. 136How Good Are the Poor
  137. 137La Voix de Guernesey Mentana
  138. 138Les Chansons des Rues et des Bois
  139. 139Shooting Stars
  140. 140L’Année Terrible
  141. 141To a Sick Child During the Siege of Paris
  142. 142The Carrier Pigeon
  143. 143Toys and Tragedy
  144. 144Mourning
  145. 145The Lesson of the Patriot Dead
  146. 146The Boy on the Barricade
  147. 147To His Orphan Grandchildren
  148. 148To the Cannon “Victor Hugo”
  149. 149L’Art D’Être Grandpêre
  150. 150The Epic of the Lion
  151. 151Les Quatre Vents de L’Esprit
  152. 152My Happiest Dream
  153. 153An Old-Time Lay
  154. 154Jersey
  155. 155Then, Most, I Smile
  156. 156The Exile’s Desire
  157. 157The Refugee’s Haven
  158. 158Various Pieces
  159. 159Charity
  160. 160Sweet Sister
  161. 161The Pity of the Angels
  162. 162The Sower
  163. 163Oh, Why Not Be Happy?
  164. 164Freedom and the World
  165. 165Serenade
  166. 166An Autumnal Simile
  167. 167To Cruel Ocean
  168. 168Esmeralda in Prison
  169. 169Lover’s Song
  170. 170Lord Rochester’s Song
  171. 171The Beggar’s Quatrain
  172. 172The Quiet Rural Church
  173. 173Dramatic Pieces
  174. 174Paternal Love
  175. 175The Degenerate Gallants
  176. 176The Old and the Young Bridegroom
  177. 177The Spanish Lady’s Love
  178. 178The Lover’s Sacrifice
  179. 179The Old Man’s Love
  180. 180The Roll of the de Silva Race
  181. 181The Lovers’ Colloquy
  182. 182Cromwell and the Crown
  183. 183Milton’s Appeal to Cromwell
  184. 184First Love
  185. 185The First Black Flag
  186. 186The Son in Old Age
  187. 187The Emperor’s Return

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