Poem: “The Pool and the Soul” by Victor Hugo

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The Pool and the Soul

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(“Comme dans les étangs“)

{X., May, 1839.}

As in some stagnant pool by forest-side,
In human souls two things are oft descried;
The sky,—which tints the surface of the pool
With all its rays, and all its shadows cool;
The basin next,—where gloomy, dark and deep,
Through slime and mud black reptiles vaguely creep.

R.F. HODGSON

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

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