Poem: “Come when I Sleep” by Victor Hugo

Download PDF

French Literature – French Poetry – Victor Hugo – Poems by Victor Hugo
< < < Guitar Song
Early Love Revisited > > >

Come when I Sleep

(“Oh ! quand je dors“)

{XXVII.}

Oh! when I sleep, come near my resting-place,
As Laura came to bless her poet’s heart,
And let thy breath in passing touch my face—
At once a space
My lips will part.

And on my brow where too long weighed supreme
A vision—haply spent now—black as night,
Let thy look as a star arise and beam—
At once my dream
Will seem of light.

Then press my lips, where plays a flame of bliss—
A pure and holy love-light—and forsake
The angel for the woman in a kiss—
At once, I wis,
My soul will wake!

WM. W. TOMLINSON.

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

< < < Guitar Song
Early Love Revisited > > >

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

If you liked this article, subscribe , put likes, write comments!

Share on social networks

Visit us on Facebook or Twitter

Check out Our Latest Posts

Come when I Sleep

Leave a comment Cancel reply