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The funeral of Louis XVIII (V. Hugo, Odes et Ballades, Edition nationale, t1) - L. Ruet after H. Petiau

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"The crowd at the threshold of a praying temple has come;
Mothers, children, old men, moan together;
And the brass that is swayed shakes in the cloud
The high steeples of Saint-Denis.
The sepulchre is disturbed in its dreary darkness.
Death, from these funereal layers,
Tightens the incomplete ranks.
Silence to the black stay that death protects! -
The Christian King, followed by his last procession,
Enters his last palace."

Textual Sources :
Victor Hugo, Odes et ballades (1828)

Technical Data

Notice #024661

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Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
Bibliography :
Camille Page, Déambuler dans la Galerie des Illustres, Numéro Illustrer le roman national, 2025