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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BROOK AND THE OCEAN, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography
First Line: A brook from a headland was falling
Last Line: "drop of fresh water to drink."
Subject(s): Brooks; Sea; Streams; Creeks; Ocean
First Line: A brook from a headland was falling
Last Line: "drop of fresh water to drink."
Subject(s): Brooks; Sea; Streams; Creeks; Ocean
A brook from a headland was falling
In drops to the terrible sea,
When Ocean, the grave of the sailor,
Cried: "Weeper! What woulds't thou with me?
My life is all tempest and terror,
No limit I own but the sky,
Thou weakling! My power is stupendous,
What need of thy service have I?"
The Brook said: "O, turbulent Ocean!
I noiselessly steal to thy brink,
And bear thee, salt Sea, what thou lackest,
drop of fresh water to drink."
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