{"product_id":"9782366593631","title":"Come When I Sleep: Story and Poems of Victor Hugo","description":"Victor Hugo was a great poet, dramatist and romance-writer. The precocious eloquence and ardor of his early works made him famous before his time.\u003cbr\u003eThat Victor Hugo was one of the greatest poets and writers ever born into the world, anyone of his works would amply suffice to prove. \u003cbr\u003eThis book presents the story of the life of Victor Hugo and his interesting poems.\u003cp\u003e\"-After the Battle- \u003cbr\u003eMY sire, the hero with the smile so soft,\u003cbr\u003eAnd a big trooper, his companion oft,\u003cbr\u003eWhom he loved greatly for his courage high\u003cbr\u003eAnd strength and stature, as the night drew nigh\u003cbr\u003eRode out together. The battle was done.\u003cbr\u003eThe dead strewed the field. Long sunk was the sun.\u003cbr\u003eIt seemed in the darkness a sound they heard,\u003cbr\u003eA feeble moan, or some half-uttered word.\u003cbr\u003e'Twas a Spaniard from the army in flight\u003cbr\u003eWho had crawled to the road after the fight;\u003cbr\u003eShattered and livid, and more than half-dead,\u003cbr\u003eRattled his throat as quite faintly he said:-\u003cbr\u003e'Water-water to drink, for pity's sake!\u003cbr\u003eOh-a drop of water my thirst to slake!'\u003cbr\u003eAnd my father, moved at these words heart-wrung,\u003cbr\u003eThe gourd of rum at his saddle that hung\u003cbr\u003eTo the trooper handed, who sharp down sprung.\u003cbr\u003e'Let him drink his fill,' cried my father;-and ran\u003cbr\u003eThe trooper to the sorely wounded man,\u003cbr\u003eA sort of Moor, swarthy, bloody, and grim.\u003cbr\u003eBut soon as the trooper had bent o'er him\u003cbr\u003eHe seized a pistol, turned fiercely about,\u003cbr\u003eAnd aimed at my father's head with a shout.\u003cbr\u003eThe ball passed so near, that its whistling sound\u003cbr\u003eHe heard, while his cap fell pierced to the ground,\u003cbr\u003eAnd his steed reared back with terror aghast-\u003cbr\u003e'Give him the drink,' cried my father, and past. \u003cbr\u003e(Victor Hugo)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LM Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062399746288,"sku":"9782366593631","price":7.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782366593631_p0.jpg?v=1763692890","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782366593631","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}