==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts French writers on war and peace Victor Hugo: Selections on war ==== Victor HugoThe Swiss MercenariesTranslated by B. P. Alexander When the regiment of HalberdiersIs proudly marching by,The eagle of the mountain screamsFrom out his stormy sky;Who speaketh to the precipice,And to the chasm sheer;Who hovers […]
