26 SEPTEMBER 1885, Page 16

POETRY.

VICTOR HUGO'S VERSE.

SoYoNs comme l'oiseau pose pour an instant

Sur des rameaux trop freles ;

Qui sent trembler la branche, mais qui chant pourtant,

Sachant gull a des ailes. VICTOR HUGO.

BE like the bird, which on frail branches balanced A moment sits and sings ;

He feels them tremble, but he sings unshaken, Knowing that he has wings.