Excerpt from The Works of Victor Hugo, Vol. 9: Poems, Dramas Of the young morning; the reapers are The river bank is lonely: come away! The early murmurs of old Memphis creep Faint on my ear; and here unseen we stray, Deep in the covert of the grove Withdrawn, Save by the dewy eye-glance of the dawn. Within my father's palace, fair to see, Shine all the Arts, but oh! This river side, Pranked with gay flowers, is dearer far to me Than gold and porphyry vases bright and wide; How glad in heaven the song-bird carols free! Sweeter these zephyrs float than all the showers Of costly odours in our royal bowers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.