«Tais-toi et garde en toi / Tes sentiments et tes rves. / Dans les profondeurs de ton ame, / Qu'ils s'lvent et dclinent / En silence, comme les toiles dans la nuit. / Sache les contempler et te taire. / Le cur – saurait-il s'exprimer ? / Un autre – saurait-il te comprendre? /...»
«When our vigor is descending, / And strength beginning to decay, / We must, like temporary tenants, / For new arrivals clear the way. Then save us, our guardian angel, / From harsh reproofs and petty fuss, / From calumny against the changes / The future has in store for us. Let us not ...»
«As Darkness descends on the ocean, / As Night spreads her silvery veil, / A brigantine cuts through the waters / And glides downwind at full sail. Her tall topsail masts are not bending, / Her vanes are not moved by the air, / Her cannons face open deck hatches / With silent indifferent...»
«When our decrepit energies turn traitor, / when, like former tenants, / we let our house to the young, / save us then, good spirit, / from faint-hearted reproaches, / from slander, from animosity / at our changing life, / from feelings of suppressed spite / at the world which is bein...»