Poem: “A Simile” by Victor Hugo

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A Simile

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(“Soyez comme l’oiseau.”)

{XXXIII. vi.}

Thou art like the bird
That alights and sings
Though the frail spray bends—
For he knows he has wings.

FANNY KEMBLE (BUTLER)

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