Les Jardins
Andre Marie de Chenier 1762 (Constantinople) – 1794 (Paris)
Secrets observateurs, leur studieuse main
En des vases d'argile et de verre et d'airain
Enferme la nature et les riches campagnes.
Ce sont là leurs vallons, leurs forêts, leurs montagnes.
Barbares possesseurs, Procustes furieux,
Sous le niveau jaloux leur fer injurieux
Mutile sans pitié les plaintives dryades.
Le plomb, les murs de pierre enchaînant les naïades,
De bassins en bassins, de degrés en degrés,
Guident leur chute esclave et leurs pas mesurés,
Là, quelle muse libre et naïve et fidèle
Peut naître? Loin du bois, comme si Philomèle,
Sous leurs treillages peints dont la main du sculpteur
A ciselé l'acanthe ou le lierre imposteur,
Allait chercher ces sons dont le printemps s'honore,
Délices de la nuit, délices de l'aurore!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Words | 121 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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