Les Feuilles



Ta robe lente, pas à pas, soulève et traîne
Un bruit de feuilles d’or et de roses fanées,
Et dans le crépuscule où finit la journée
L’automne est las d’avoir entendu les fontaines.

Si tu passes le long des eaux vastes et vaines,
La statue, anxieuse et la tête inclinée
Écoutant dans l’écho le pas de l’autre Année,
Ne te reconnaît plus et te regarde à peine.

La Vestale au ciel gris lève ses yeux de marbre,
L’Hermès silencieux dérobe d’arbre en arbre
Son socle nu de terme et son masque de faune,

Et, dans le miroir clair que tu tiens à la main,
Tu portes, reflétés, le parc morose et jaune
Avec ses dieux, ses eaux et ses verts boulingrins.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB BAAX CCA XAB
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 671
Words 123
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Henri de Regnier

 · 1864 · Honfleur
 · 1936 · Paris

Henri-François-Joseph de Régnier was a French symbolist poet, considered one of the most important of France during the early 20th century. more…

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