{"id":254,"date":"2017-02-27T23:38:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T23:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/?p=254"},"modified":"2017-02-28T00:47:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T00:47:57","slug":"more-strong-than-time-victor-hugo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/more-strong-than-time-victor-hugo\/","title":{"rendered":"More Strong Than Time &#8211; Victor Hugo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 58 - 100 days of poetry<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"More Strong Than Time - Poem by Victor Hugo by Rob Goll\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F309880962&show_artwork=true&maxheight=788&maxwidth=525\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSince I have set my lips to your full cup, my sweet,<br \/>\nSince I my pallid face between your hands have laid,<br \/>\nSince I have known your soul, and all the bloom of it,<br \/>\nAnd all the perfume rare, now buried in the shade;<\/p>\n<p>Since it was given to me to hear on happy while,<br \/>\nThe words wherein your heart spoke all its mysteries,<br \/>\nSince I have seen you weep, and since I have seen you smile,<br \/>\nYour lips upon my lips, and your eyes upon my eyes;<\/p>\n<p>Since I have known above my forehead glance and gleam,<br \/>\nA ray, a single ray, of your star, veiled always,<br \/>\nSince I have felt the fall, upon my lifetime's stream,<br \/>\nOf one rose petal plucked from the roses of your days;<\/p>\n<p>I now am bold to say to the swift changing hours,<br \/>\nPass, pass upon your way, for I grow never old,<br \/>\nFleet to the dark abysm with all your fading flowers,<br \/>\nOne rose that none may pluck, within my heart I hold.<\/p>\n<p>Your flying wings may smite, but they can never spill<br \/>\nThe cup fulfilled of love, from which my lips are wet;<br \/>\nMy heart has far more fire than you can frost to chill,<br \/>\nMy soul more love than you can make my soul forget.<\/p>\n<p>Translation by Andrew Lang (1844-1912)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robgoll.com%2Fcontent%2Faudio-recordings%2Fmore-strong-than-time-victor-hugo%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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