Heureux l'homme occupé ...

Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)



Heureux l'homme, occupé de l'éternel destin,
Qui, tel qu'un voyageur qui part de grand matin,
Se réveille, l'esprit rempli de rêverie,
Et, dès l'aube du jour, se met à lire et prie !
A mesure qu'il lit, le jour vient lentement
Et se fait dans son âme ainsi qu'au firmament.
Il voit distinctement, à cette clarté blême,
Des choses dans sa chambre et d'autres en lui-même ;
Tout dort dans la maison; il est seul, il le croit ;
Et, cependant, fermant leur bouche de leur doigt,
Derrière lui, tandis que l'extase l'enivre,
Les anges souriants se penchent sur son livre.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Victor Marie Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831. Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He was buried in the Panthéon. more…

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