Tribute To The Vanquished

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Title:     Tribute To The Vanquished
Author: Victor Hugo [More Titles by Hugo]

("Laissez-moi pleurer sur cette race.")

[I. v.]

Oh! let me weep that race whose day is past,
By exile given, by exile claimed once more,
Thrice swept away upon that fatal blast.
Whate'er its blame, escort we to our shore
These relics of the monarchy of yore;
And to th' outmarching oriflamme be paid
War's honors by the flag on Fleurus' field displayed!

 

Translated by _Fraser's Magazine_

[The end]
Victor Hugo's poem: Tribute To The Vanquished

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