La terre n'était plus qu'une tombe fermée ;
Masse informe et muette, éteinte, inanimée,
Elle flottait au rang qu'elle avait occupé,
Comme un vaisseau muet que la foudre a frappé,
Quand la main qui le guide est tombée en poussière,
Suit encore un moment sa rapide carrière,
Puis chancelle et s'arrête, et de ses flancs déserts
...
When Letty had scarce passed her third glad year,
And her young, artless words began to flow,
One day we gave the child a colored sphere
Of the wide earth, that she might mark and know,
By tint and outline, all its sea and land.
She patted all the world; old empires peeped
Between her baby fingers; her soft hand
Was welcome at all...
By a Miserable Wretch
ROLL on, thou ball, roll on!
Through pathless realms of space
Roll on!
What though I ’m in a sorry case?
What though I cannot meet my bills?
What though I suffer toothache’s ills?
What though I swallow countless pills?
Never you mind!
Roll on!
Roll on, thou ball, roll on!...