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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A. L., by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography First Line: Child! Like a broken reed all hope we find Last Line: Washes some spot defiled. | |||
CHILD! like a broken reed all hope we find; Fate in her hand controls our destiny: This does she on the awful spindle wind; The thread breaks, and our joys in ruin lie, Alas! all cradles have The germs that form a grave. The Future, O my dove!--a stainless ray-- Seemed to my dazzled sight a shining star; Sunshine, calm wave where might the halcyon play, A sparkling flower expanding from afar. Alas! that vision bright Has vanished from my sight. If near you some one weeps in pensive mood, Let him weep on, nor seek the cause to know; To weep is sweet, to weep is often good For man, alas! in this rough world below. Each single tear, my child, Washes some spot defiled. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A NEW SONG TO AN OLD TUNE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO A NIGHT IN JUNE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO A UN PASSANT by VICTOR MARIE HUGO A UNE FEMME by VICTOR MARIE HUGO AFTER THE BATTLE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO AN EVENING SCENE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO AN OLD SONG OF A YOUTHFUL TIME by VICTOR MARIE HUGO CHILDHOOD by VICTOR MARIE HUGO CHOSES DU SOIR by VICTOR MARIE HUGO |
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