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	"version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1",
	"title": "Adam Roberts",
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	"home_page_url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/",
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/25/victor-hugo-contemplations-song.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 2:4 Song",
				"content_text": ".4. Song\nIf you have naught to say to me,\nWhy come to my side?\nWhy do you smile that way to me— …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-25T10:29:33+00:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/25/victor-hugo-contemplations-song.html"
			},
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/24/victor-hugo-contemplations-omphales-spinning.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 2:3 Omphale’s Spinning Wheel",
				"content_text": "3. Omphale’s Spinning Wheel\nIn the hall a fine ivory spinning wheel is set.\nThe nimble wheel is …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-24T10:15:55+00:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/24/victor-hugo-contemplations-omphales-spinning.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/23/victor-hugo-contemplations.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 2:2",
				"content_text": " .2. My verses would fly, sweet weaklings,\nTo your beautiful garden world,\nIf only my verses had …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-23T07:46:32+00:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/23/victor-hugo-contemplations.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/22/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-first.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 2:1 The First of May",
				"content_text": "1. The First of May\nIt all conjugates the verb “to love.” Look—roses!\nI speak of nothing else in all …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-22T11:52:43+00:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/22/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-first.html"
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			{
				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/20/victor-hugo-contemplations-a-halt.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1:29. A Halt on the Way",
				"content_text": "29. A Halt on the Way\nA mist once veiled the horizon; but now\nBright noon comes up with her radiant …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-20T15:25:00+00:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/20/victor-hugo-contemplations-a-halt.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/19/victor-hugo-contemplations.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1:28",
				"content_text": "28\nThe poet must, as he loves shade and azure,\nGentle, grand spirit, whose radiance is pure,\nWho …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-19T08:44:40+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/19/victor-hugo-contemplations.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/18/victor-hugo-contemplations.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1:27",
				"content_text": "27\nYes, I am the dreamer; I am companionable\nTo the tiny golden flowers on a crumbling wall,\nAnd I …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-18T13:13:59+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/18/victor-hugo-contemplations.html"
			},
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/17/victor-hugo-contemplations-a-few.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1:  26. A Few Words to Another",
				"content_text": "26. A Few Words to Another\nWe return to the subject; I can’t float above it:\nWhat’s attacked in me …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-17T09:30:13+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/17/victor-hugo-contemplations-a-few.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/16/victor-hugo-contemplations-unity.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1:25 Unity",
				"content_text": "25: Unity\nBeyond the horizon where browning hills tower,\nThe sun, that infinitely splendid flower, …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-16T08:50:44+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/16/victor-hugo-contemplations-unity.html"
			},
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/15/victor-hugo-contemplations.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 24",
				"content_text": "24\nHappy’s the man, occupied with eternal fate,\nWho, like a traveller setting out as day breaks, …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-15T08:04:57+02:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/15/victor-hugo-contemplations.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/14/victor-hugo-contemplations-childhood.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 23. Childhood.",
				"content_text": "23. Childhood\nThe child sang. The mother, exhausted, in bed,\nLay dying, her lovely head bowed. …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-14T02:10:26+02:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/14/victor-hugo-contemplations-childhood.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/13/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-party.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 22 The Party at Thérèse’s",
				"content_text": " 22. The Party at Thérèse’s The affair was exquisite and skilfully laid.\nIt was in April, on so …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-13T07:27:02+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/13/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-party.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/12/victor-hugo-contemplations.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 21",
				"content_text": "21.\nShe had no shoes, and dishevelled hair, she\nSat barefoot among the drooping reeds;\nI, as I …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-12T07:49:29+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/12/victor-hugo-contemplations.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/11/victor-hugo-contemplations-to-a.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 20 To A Blind Poet",
				"content_text": "20. To A Blind Poet Thank you, poet! — At the pious threshold of my house,\nLike a divine guest, you …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-11T08:17:15+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/11/victor-hugo-contemplations-to-a.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/10/victor-hugo-contemplations-an-old.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 19 An Old Song of Youthful Days",
				"content_text": "19. An Old Song of Youthful Days\nI was not thinking of Rose;\nRose and I went to the woods;\nWe spoke …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-10T09:14:08+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/10/victor-hugo-contemplations-an-old.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/09/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-birds.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 18 The Birds",
				"content_text": "18. The Birds\nI dreamt a deserted graveyard, wide-spread,\nAnd heard the duet of my soul and the …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-09T10:31:22+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/09/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-birds.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/08/victor-hugo-contemplations-to-monsieur.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 17 To Monsieur Froment Meurice",
				"content_text": "17 To Monsieur Froment Meurice\nWe are brothers: the flower\nIs fashioned in doubled art.\nThe poet is …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-08T07:10:48+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/08/victor-hugo-contemplations-to-monsieur.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/07/victor-hugo-contemplations-circa.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 16. Circa 1820",
				"content_text": "16. Circa 1820\nSo Denise, your husband—our old pedagogue—\nIs out for a stroll; grubbing a new …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-07T07:35:12+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/07/victor-hugo-contemplations-circa.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/06/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-ladybird.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 15 The Ladybird",
				"content_text": "15 The Ladybird\nShe said: Some little speck\nTorments me. So I stared:\nOn her snowy neck there\nA tiny …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-06T00:41:32+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/06/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-ladybird.html"
			},
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/05/victor-hugo-contemplations-in-granville.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 14 In Granville 1836",
				"content_text": "14. In Granville, 1836\nSo: it’s June. Sparrows rail\nAt lovers in the fields;\nThe wall-dwelt …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-05T07:37:11+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/05/victor-hugo-contemplations-in-granville.html"
			},
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/04/victor-hugo-contemplations-on-horace.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 13. On Horace",
				"content_text": "13. On Horace\nPeddlers of Old Greek and Latin! Pedants! Dogs!\nPhilistines! Teachers! I hate you, …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-04T07:41:11+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/04/victor-hugo-contemplations-on-horace.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/03/victor-hugo-contemplations-vere-novo.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 12.  Vere Novo",
				"content_text": "12. Vere Novo\nHow the morning laughs upon the weeping roses!\nOh! charming little lovers that the …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-03T07:29:31+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/03/victor-hugo-contemplations-vere-novo.html"
			},
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/02/victor-hugo-contemplations-lise.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 11. Lise",
				"content_text": "11: Lise\nI was twelve; she was going-on sixteen.\nShe was tall, I was on the small side.\nTo speak …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-02T00:52:21+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/02/victor-hugo-contemplations-lise.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/01/victor-hugo-contemplations-to-madame.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 10. To Madame D. G. de G.",
				"content_text": "10. To Madame D. G. de G.\nOnce I said to you: “Live, Madame—reign!\nThe salon awaits you! Success …",
				"date_published": "2026-10-01T06:31:12+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/10/01/victor-hugo-contemplations-to-madame.html"
			},
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/30/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-poem.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 9: ‘The Poem Weeps its Lament’",
				"content_text": "9: ‘The Poem Weeps its Lament’\nThe poem weeps its lament; drama suffers\nTwenty actors pour out their …",
				"date_published": "2026-09-30T07:33:29+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/30/victor-hugo-contemplations-the-poem.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/29/victor-hugo-contemplations-continuation.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 8 Continuation",
				"content_text": "8. CONTINUATION\nFor words—let it be known—are living lights.\nThe dreamer’s hand vibrates, …",
				"date_published": "2026-09-29T07:31:46+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/29/victor-hugo-contemplations-continuation.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/28/victor-hugo-contemplations-response-to.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo “Contemplations” (1856) 1: 7. Response to an Indictment",
				"content_text": "7. Response to an Indictment\nSo I am the ogre and I’m the scapegoat\nAt this era’s chaotic, …",
				"date_published": "2026-09-28T08:15:42+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/28/victor-hugo-contemplations-response-to.html"
			},
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/27/victor-hugo-contemplations-country-life.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo \"Contemplations\" (1856) 1: 6 Country Life",
				"content_text": "6. COUNTRY LIFE\nCountryside evenings: folk are walking around—\nThe poor man in his field, the rich …",
				"date_published": "2026-09-27T07:52:21+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/27/victor-hugo-contemplations-country-life.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/26/victor-hugo-contemplations-to-andr.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo \"Contemplations\" (1856) 1: 5.  To André Chénier",
				"content_text": "5. To André Chénier\nYes, my verse plans to, without stooping low,\nBorrow from prose’s more casual …",
				"date_published": "2026-09-26T07:37:00+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/26/victor-hugo-contemplations-to-andr.html"
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/25/victor-hugo-contemplations-dawn-the.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo \"Contemplations\" (1856) 1: Dawn. 4 'The heavens are filled with a vast clarity'",
				"content_text": "IV\nThe heavens are filled with a vast clarity;\nAll is glad joy, innocent hope, bonhomie.\nThe fine …",
				"date_published": "2026-09-25T07:18:00+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/25/victor-hugo-contemplations-dawn-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/24/victor-hugo-contemplations-dawn.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo \"Contemplations\" (1856) 1: Dawn. 3",
				"content_text": "My Two Daughters\nIn the cool chiaroscuro of a fine falling eve,\nOne like a swan and the other a …",
				"date_published": "2026-09-24T07:09:28+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/24/victor-hugo-contemplations-dawn.html"
			},
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				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/23/victor-hugo-contemplations-dawn.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo \"Contemplations\" (1856) 1: Dawn. 2",
				"content_text": "2. ‘The poet decamps to the country…’\nThe poet decamps to the country—admires—\nAdores—in his soul is …",
				"date_published": "2026-09-23T06:46:23+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/23/victor-hugo-contemplations-dawn.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/22/victor-hugo-contemplations-dawn-ma.html",
				"title": "Victor Hugo \"Contemplations\" (1856) 1: Dawn.",
				"content_text": " To My Daughter Oh, my child, as you see, I submit.\nDo as I do: live apart from mankind;\nHappy? Not …",
				"date_published": "2026-09-22T10:25:39+01:00",
				"url": "https://adamroberts.micro.blog/2026/09/22/victor-hugo-contemplations-dawn-ma.html"
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