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Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice?
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