A un homme partant pour la chasse



Oui, l'homme est responsable et rendra compte un jour.
Sur cette terre où l'ombre et l'aurore ont leur tour,
Sois l'intendant de Dieu, mais l'intendant honnête.
Tremble de tout abus de pouvoir sur la bête.
Te figures-tu donc être un tel but final
Que tu puisses sans peur devenir infernal,
Vorace, sensuel, voluptueux, féroce,
Échiner le baudet, exténuer la rosse,
En lui crevant les yeux engraisser l'ortolan,
Et massacrer les bois trois ou quatre fois l'an ?
Ce gai chasseur, armant son fusil ou son piège,
Confine à l'assassin et touche au sacrilège.
Penser, voilà ton but ; vivre, voilà ton droit.
Tuer pour jouir, non. Crois-tu donc que ce soit
Pour donner meilleur goût à la caille rôtie
Que le soleil ajoute une aigrette à l'ortie,
Peint la mûre, ou rougit la graine du sorbier ?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Victor Marie Hugo

 · 1802 · Besançon
 · 1885 · Paris

Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831. Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He was buried in the Panthéon. more…

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