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Roses Are Red
Victor Hugo var sandsynligvis bekendt med Spenser, men kendte måske ikke det engelske børnerim, da han i 1862 udgav romanen Les Misérables. Hugo var både digter og romanforfatter, og i romanens tekst er der mange sange. En af dem, der synges af karakteren Fantine, indeholder dette omkvæd i den engelske oversættelse fra 1862:
Roses Are Red
Victor Hugo was likely familiar with Spenser, but may not have known the English nursery rhyme when, in 1862, he published the novel Les Misérables. Hugo was a poet as well as a novelist, and within the text of the novel are many songs. One sung by the character Fantine contains this refrain, in the 1862 English translation:
Roses Are Red