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Poem: “Tribute to the Vanquished” by Victor Hugo

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Tribute to the Vanquished

(“Laissez-moi pleurer sur cette race.”)

{I. v.}

Oh! let me weep that race whose day is past,
By exile given, by exile claimed once more,
Thrice swept away upon that fatal blast.
Whate’er its blame, escort we to our shore
These relics of the monarchy of yore;
And to th’ outmarching oriflamme be paid
War’s honors by the flag on Fleurus’ field displayed!

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La tour des rats de Victor Hugo - 1847
La tour des rats de Victor Hugo – 1847


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French Literature – French Poetry – Victor Hugo – Poems by Victor Hugo

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