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Show ' VICTOR HUGO'S "BECAUSE." (J. F. C, from the French of Victor Hugo.) Because every soul i Feels incessant desire. To give to some other I Its fragrance and fire; Dwcause all things glvo, Below and above. Their roses and thorns To that which they love; Because May gives music To murmuring streams. And Night, to our pains, Gives Nepenthe, Jn dreams; , Because when the wave i Falls osleop on the strand, ; It trembles, and gives A kiss to the land; For these reasons, my own, My heart is inclined To give thee the best I have in my mind, I bring my sad thoughts. My griefs and my fears; Take these, as tho earth takes The night's shower of tears. Of ray infinite longing. Take, dearest, thy part; T&ke my light and my shadow, ; O child of my heart! ' Take the unalloyed trust ' Which our Intercoms blesses; And take all my songs. With their tender caresses. Take my soul, wbclh moves oa Without snll or oar, But pointing to thee As Its star evcrmoro. And take, O my darling. My precious, my own! This heart, which would perish. Its love being gone. |