Here is a collection, close to 175 poems by Victor Hugo, this genius, master of French classic poetry, in which the author lured ideas, meters and rhymes, in their proper sequence and their sweet symmetry, into following him abroad. They all agreed and came along.

Sadly the metaphors did not want to belong. They chose to remain on their sol . They would not step on any soil though I so much pleaded with them. But the others had a good time, where every rime found its own rhyme. They went snuggly upon each shelf… Well, you will get to judge yourself.