Croquis de cloître (II)
A pleine voix - midi s'exaltant au dehors
Et les champs reposant - les nones sont chantées,
Dans un balancement de phrases répétées
Et hantantes, comme un rappel de grands remords.
Et peu à peu les chants prennent de tels essors,
Les antiennes sont sur de tels vols portées
A travers l'ouragan des notes exaltées,
Que tremblent les vitraux, au fond des corridors.
Le jour tombe en draps clairs et blancs par les fenêtres ;
On dirait voir pendus de grands manteaux de prêtres
A des clous de soleil. Mais soudain, lentement,
Les moines dans le choeur taisent leurs mélodies
Et, pendant le repos entre deux psalmodies,
Il vient de la campagne un lointain meuglement.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AAAA AAAA AAB AAB |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 677 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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