When the veil from the eyes is lifted
The seer’s head is gray;
When the sailor to shore has drifted
The sirens are far away.
Why must the clearer vision,
The wisdom of Life’s late hour,
Come, as in Fate’s derision,
When the hand has lost its power?
Is there a rarer being,
Is there a fairer sphere
Where...
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When the veil from the eyes is lifted
The seer’s head is gray;
When the sailor to shore has drifted
The sirens are far away.
Why must the clearer vision,
The wisdom of Life’s late hour,
Come, as in Fate’s derision,
When the hand has lost its power?
Is there a rarer being,
Is there a fairer sphere
Where... -
Celui vraiment savait bien la manière
Comme il allait de l'un à l'autre état,
Quand, comparant l'avocat au soldat,
Les fit loger dessous même bannière.
L'un va bravant d'une lance guerrière,
L'autre, bragard, de sa langue s'ébat,
Tous deux vaillants, l'un de ces deux combat
En un barreau, et l'autre à la barrière.
Tous deux, hardis, combattent pour l'...