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The Retreat (V. Hugo, Les Châtiments, Edition nationale, t4) - H. C. Danger

Date :
1885
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre, eau-forte
PQ 2285 .C4 1885
Signed work

Description

"Well, no! I was dreaming. Illusion destroyed!
Glory! dream, nothingness, vapor!
O soldiers! what an awakening! empire is flight.
This Mandrin of peace is full of placid instincts;
This Schinderhannes fears blows.
Ô châtiment ! pour lui vous fûtes parricides,
Soldats, il est poltron pour vous.
Your glory has perished under this hideous incubus
With fingers of mire, a heart of brass.
Ah! shudder! the czar marches on the Danube,
You do not march on the Rhine!" (La Reculade, II)

History :
  1. Signed below the engraving at left "H. D."
Textual Sources :
Victor Hugo, Les Châtiments (1853)

Technical Data

Notice #024675

Image HD

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