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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WALK ON THE ROCKS, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography
First Line: Lord! How sublime the hills with golden stains
Last Line: The censer I, intelligent and true.
First Line: Lord! How sublime the hills with golden stains
Last Line: The censer I, intelligent and true.
LORD! How sublime the hills with golden stains,
How full the seas of grace, the skies of light;
I care not what of my short life remains,
I reach the Eternal and the Infinite!
Tempests and passions, from my soul away!
Ne'er yet did God thus in my heart abide;
The sun looks on me with bright western ray,
The sea speaks to me--I feel sanctified!
Blessed be alike who love me and who hate;
Wisdom our spirits doth to love exhort;
Fool fame to seek or mysteries debate;
I nothing do but love: my time is short.
The stars rise from the waves, the sun declines,
And at my feet resounding billows fall;
The sinking sun in all his splendour shines--
Oh, God! how great the soul, and man how small!
All earthly things, fire, air, the ocean's might,
Of the Most Holy's name but half have heard;
They scatter words, which I alone unite;
Each says one part, but I the total word.
Abyss, my voice like yours to heaven ascends;
Ocean, I dream; mountains, I pray with you!
Nature is incense pure that never ends;
The censer I, intelligent and true.
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