POEMS
By Victor Hugo
1888
CONTENTS
BATTLE OF THE NORSEMEN AND THE GAELS.
DICTATED BEFORE THE RHONE GLACIER.
THE POET'S LOVE FOR LIVELINESS.
LES CHANTS DU CRÉPUSCULE.—1849.
PRELUDE TO "THE SONGS OF TWILIGHT."
TO CANARIS, THE GREEK PATRIOT.
LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES.—1840.
YE MARINERS WHO SPREAD YOUR SAILS.
THE VALE TO YOU, TO ME THE HEIGHTS.
HAVE YOU NOTHING TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?
INSCRIPTION FOR A CRUCIFIX.{1}
THE DYING CHILD TO ITS MOTHER.
THE SOUDAN, THE SPHINXES, THE CUP, THE LAMP.
LES CHANSONS DES RUES ET DES BOIS.
TO A SICK CHILD DURING THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
THE LESSON OF THE PATRIOT DEAD.
ON HEARING THE PRINCESS ROYAL{1} SING.
THE OLD AND THE YOUNG BRIDEGROOM.
THE ROLL OF THE DE SILVA RACE.
THE HISTORY OF A CRIME
THE TESTIMONY OF AN EYE-WITNESS
By Victor Hugo
Translated by T.H. JOYCE and ARTHUR LOCKER.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER II. PARIS SLEEPS—THE BELL RINGS
CHAPTER III. WHAT HAD HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT
CHAPTER IV. OTHER DOINGS OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER V. THE DARKNESS OF THE CRIME
CHAPTER VII. NO. 70, RUE BLANCHE
CHAPTER VIII. "VIOLATION OF THE CHAMBER"
CHAPTER IX. AN END WORSE THAN DEATH
CHAPTER XI. THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER XII. THE MAIRIE OF THE TENTH ARRONDISSEMENT
CHAPTER XIII. LOUIS BONAPARTE'S SIDE-FACE
CHAPTER XIV. THE D'ORSAY BARRACKS
CHAPTER XVI. THE EPISODE OF THE BOULEVARD ST. MARTIN
CHAPTER XVII. THE REBOUND OF THE 24TH JUNE, 1848, ON THE 2D DECEMBER, 1851
CHAPTER XVIII. THE REPRESENTATIVES HUNTED DOWN
CHAPTER XIX. ONE FOOT IN THE TOMB
CHAPTER XX. THE BURIAL OF A GREAT ANNIVERSARY
CHAPTER I. THEY COME TO ARREST ME
CHAPTER II. FROM THE BASTILLE TO THE RUE DE COTTE
CHAPTER III. THE ST. ANTOINE BARRICADE
CHAPTER IV. THE WORKMEN'S SOCIETIES ASK US FOR THE ORDER TO FIGHT
CHAPTER VI. THE DECREES OF THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO REMAINED FREE
CHAPTER IX. THE LIGHTNING BEGINS TO FLASH AMONGST THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER X. WHAT FLEURY WENT TO DO AT MAZAS
CHAPTER XI. THE END OF THE SECOND DAY
CHAPTER I. THOSE WHO SLEEP AND HE WHO DOES NOT SLEEP
CHAPTER II. THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
CHAPTER III. INSIDE THE ELYSEE
CHAPTER IV. BONAPARTE'S FAMILIAR SPIRITS
CHAPTER VII. ITEMS AND INTERVIEWS
CHAPTER IX. THE PORTE SAINT MARTIN
CHAPTER X. MY VISIT TO THE BARRICADE
CHAPTER XI. THE BARRICADE OF THE RUE MESLAY
CHAPTER XII. THE BARRICADE OF THE MAIRIE OF THE FIFTH ARRONDISSEMENT
CHAPTER VIII. THE BARRICADE OF THE RUE THEVENOT
CHAPTER XIV. OSSIAN AND SCIPIO
CHAPTER XV. THE QUESTION PRESENTS ITSELF
CHAPTER XVII. THE APPOINTMENT MADE WITH THE WORKMEN'S SOCIETIES
CHAPTER XVIII. THE VERIFICATION OF MORAL LAWS
CHAPTER I. WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT—THE RUE TIQUETONNE
CHAPTER II. WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT—THE MARKET QUARTER
CHAPTER III. WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT.—THE PETIT CARREAU
CHAPTER IV. WHAT WAS DONE DURING THE NIGHT—THE PASSAGE DU SAUMON
CHAPTER V. OTHER DEEDS OF DARKNESS
CHAPTER VI. THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
CHAPTER X. DUTY CAN HAVE TWO ASPECTS
CHAPTER XI. THE COMBAT FINISHED, THE ORDEAL BEGINS
CHAPTER XIII. THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS AND THE MIXED COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER XIV. A RELIGIOUS INCIDENT
CHAPTER XV. HOW THEY CAME OUT OF HAM
CHAPTER XVII. CONDUCT OF THE LEFT
CHAPTER XVIII. PAGE WRITTEN AT BRUSSELS
CHAPTER XIX. THE INFALLIBLE BENEDICTION