«Soleil et gel: un temps splendide! / Charmante amie, l’œil clos, languide, / Toi, tu sommeilles ou tu dors, / Bien vite, entrouvre ta paupière / Et, face à l’Aurore polaire / Apparais, étoile du nord! / / Hier – souviens-toi ! – soufflait, violente, / Dans un ciel troubl...»
«Farewell, free element, o Sea! / For one last time I watch your tide / Roll azure waves in front of me / And shine in beauty full of pride. Like farewell mutter of a friend / Deserted for a colder clime, / The sad, inviting call you send / Resounds to me for one last time. Beloved regi...»
«Farewell to you, unharnessed Ocean! / No longer will you roll at me / Your azure swells in endless motion / Or gleam in tranquil majesty. A comrade's broken words on leaving, / His hail of parting at the door: / Your chant of luring, chant of grieving / Will murmur in my ears no more. ...»
«When in the heat of my embrace / I capture your elastic figure / And lavish words of loving praise / On you with tenderness and vigor, / Dear friend, you free your slender build / Of my contracted arms in silence, / And to my words sincere and thrilled / Reply with your mistrustful smi...»