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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A UNE FEMME, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography
First Line: Child, were I king, I'd yield my royal rule
Last Line: For a kiss from thee!
Subject(s): Love
First Line: Child, were I king, I'd yield my royal rule
Last Line: For a kiss from thee!
Subject(s): Love
CHILD, were I king, I'd yield my royal rule,
My chariot, sceptre, vassal-service due,
My crown, my porphyry-basined waters cool,
My fleets, whereto the sea is but a pool,
For a glance from you!
Love, were I God, the earth and its heaving airs,
Angels, the demons abject under me,
Vast chaos with its teeming womby lairs,
Time, space, all would I give - aye, upper spheres,
For a kiss from thee!
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