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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXTASY, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography First Line: I was alone beside the sea upon a starry night Last Line: The lord, our great creator, his glory we proclaim!' | |||
I WAS alone beside the sea upon a starry night, And not a cloud was in the sky, and not a sail in sight: Beyond the limits of the world far stretched my raptured eye, And the forests and the mountains, and nature all around, Seemed to unite in questioning, in vast and mingled sound, The billows of the ocean and the splendour of the sky. And the golden stars of heaven, in their unnumbered crowd, With harmonies ten thousand, with voices clear and loud, Replied, as low they bended down their radiant crowns of flame-- And the blue floods, that nought has power to govern or arrest, Replied, as low they bended down, the foam upon their crest-- 'The Lord, our great Creator, His glory we proclaim!' | 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 |
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