"Tomorrow, At Dawn" by Victor Marie Hugo

 

Tomorrow, At Dawn

Tomorrow, at dawn, at the hour when the countryside whitens,

I will set out. You see, I know that you wait for me.

I will go by the forest, I will go by the mountain.

I can no longer remain far from you.

 

I will walk with my eyes fixed on my thoughts,

Seeing nothing of outdoors, hearing no noise

Alone, unknown, my back curved, my hands crossed,

Sorrowed, and the day for me will be as the night.

 

I will not look at the gold of evening which falls,

Nor the distant sails going down towards Harfleur,

And when I arrive, I will place on your tomb

A bouquet of green holly and of flowering heather.

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Who wrote the poem "Tomorrow, At Dawn"?

Victor Marie Hugo (February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885)

Victor Hugo was a French writer and politician. He is the author of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). He was also a prolific poet and produced 4,000 drawings. He is now lauded as one of the greatest French writers ever. 

"Tomorrow, At Dawn" explanation

Hugo’s eldest and favorite daughter, Léopoldine, was married to Charles Vacquerie in February, 1843. She drowned with her husband in the Seine River in a boat accident at the age of 19. Hugo was devastated by this tragedy. This poem was written on the fourth anniversary of her death. In the poem, the poet describes his walk to her tomb.