Nature
A Simile
Translated by Fanny Kemble-Butler (1888) · From Les Chants du crépuscule (1849)
Nature
Thou art like the bird
That alights and sings
Though the frail spray bends--
For he knows he has wings.
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Codex Note
French: "Soyez comme l'oiseau." [XXXIII. vi.]
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Hugo, Victor. “A Simile.” Translated by Fanny Kemble-Butler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hugo/41/.
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Hugo, Victor. “A Simile.” Translated by Fanny Kemble-Butler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hugo/41/.
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