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VICTOR HUGO'S CENTENARY
Feb. 26, 1902.
Before the sun all kingliest stars must fade.
When morning's light-beams flash from glade to glade
And o'er the glittering deep,
When crimson dawn leaps on from land to land,
Who shall the conquering sun-god's course withstand
Or hold Night's castle-keep?
When morning's light-beams flash from glade to glade
And o'er the glittering deep,
When crimson dawn leaps on from land to land,
Who shall the conquering sun-god's course withstand
Or hold Night's castle-keep?
So now to-day we hail the deathless one
Who shines alone 'mid singers as the sun,
Crowned for eternal years:
Who reached love's utmost height, thought's lordliest goal;
Who heard unmoved Fate's mightiest thunders roll
Yet wept at children's tears.
Who shines alone 'mid singers as the sun,
Crowned for eternal years:
Who reached love's utmost height, thought's lordliest goal;
Who heard unmoved Fate's mightiest thunders roll
Yet wept at children's tears.
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