by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
C'est dans cette onde effrénée
Language: French (Français)
C'est dans cette onde effrénée Que leur âme au ciel est née, Divin oiseau. Toute vague est une tombe ; Toute vague, ô ma colombe, Est un berceau.
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- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1854, appears in Les quatre vents de l'esprit, in 3. Le Livre Lyrique -- La Destinée, in 19. Sur la falaise, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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