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Homme, enfant du progrès, remplis ta destinée ;

Homme, enfant du progrès, remplis ta destinée ;

EnglishMan, child of progress, fulfill your destiny; Let your wisely ordered activity

Language
French
Date
19th century
Form
alexandrin
Editorial status
Reviewed source page
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · alexandrin · 6 lines

French

Block alignment is approximate: translation blocks are shown against their source line ranges, with untranslated gaps and overlaps surfaced rather than shifted into a verified line map.

Source lines 1-2

  1. 1

    Homme, enfant du progrès, remplis ta destinée ;

  2. 2

    Que ton activité sagement ordonnée

English

No translation for source lines 1-2.

Source lines 3-6

  1. 3

    Croisse sous l'œil de Dieu qui daigne la bénir.

  2. 4

    Pour remplir ses desseins, vois, interroge, observe :

  3. 5

    Et qui pourrait savoir tout ce qu'il te réserve

  4. 6

    Dans les trésors de l'avenir.

English · approximate

Approximate · order partial

Man, child of progress, fulfill your destiny;

Let your wisely ordered activity

Grow beneath the eye of God who deigns to bless it.

To fulfill his designs, see, question, observe:

And who could know all that he reserves for you

In the treasures of the future.