memory of his daughter, notably Demain dès l'aube and À Villequier in Pauca Meae, the fourth book of Les Contemplations. Victor Hugo did not write for...

consideration of the misery of the world. Aujourd'hui (1843 - 1855) IV. Pauca meae [fr] : It is the book of mourning where the poet tries to establish a...

Instruments. Racine, Mithridates/ Delacroix, Horses Fighting in a Stable. Hugo, Pauca Meae/ Odilon Redon, Ophelia. Aloysius Bertrand, Gaspard of the Night/ Teniers...

confession. pauca sed bona few, but good Similar to "quality over quantity"; though there may be few of something, at least they are of good quality. pauca sed...

in sentences such as the following: antequam ad sententiam redeō, dē mē pauca dīcam (Cicero) "before I return to the subject, I will say a few words about...