Anonymous translation from the French
              TOWN, tower,
              Shore, deep,
              Where lower
              Cliffs steep;
              Waves gray,
              Where play
              Winds gay,—...

Poet: Victor Hugo

From the French from Fraser’s Magazine
“Tu domines notre âge; ange ou démon, qu’importe!”

  ANGEL or demon! thou—whether of light
    The minister, or darkness—still dost sway
  This age of ours; thine eagle’s soaring flight
    Bears us, all breathless,...

Poet: Victor Hugo