Fame flies before him, wingless else to fly.
A child's heart toward his kind is not more pure,
An eagle's toward the sun no lordlier eye.
Awe sweet as love and proud
As fame, though hushed and bowed,
Yearns toward him silent as his face goes by:
All crowns before his crown
Triumphantly bow down,
For pride that one more great than all draws nigh:
All souls applaud, all hearts acclaim,
One heart benign, one soul supreme, one conquering name.




NOTES


ST. V.
V. 3. La Légende des Siècles: Le Sacre de la Femme.
4. La Conscience.
7. Booz endormi.
8. Première rencontre du Christ avec le tombeau.
9. La Terre: Hymne.
VI. 3. Les Temps Paniques.
9. La Ville Disparue.
VII. Les Trois Cents.
VIII. 1. Le Détroit de l'Euripe: La Chanson de Sophocle à Salamine.
7. Le Romancero du Cid.
IX. 3. Le Petit Roi de Galice.