Pieusement

Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)



La nuit d'hiver élève au ciel son pur calice.

Et je lève mon coeur aussi, mon coeur nocturne,
Seigneur, mon cœur ! vers ton pâle infini vide,
Et néanmoins je sais que tout est taciturne
Et qu'il n'existe rien dont ce coeur meurt, avide ;
Et je te sais mensonge et mes lèvres te prient

Et mes genoux ; je sais et tes grandes mains closes
Et tes grands yeux fermés aux désespoirs qui crient,
Et que c'est moi, qui seul, me rêve dans les choses ;
Sois de pitié, Seigneur, pour ma toute démence.
J'ai besoin de pleurer mon mal vers ton silence !...

La nuit d'hiver élève au ciel son pur calice !

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme A bcbcc acaaa A
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 602
Words 111
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 5, 1

Emile Verhaeren

Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. more…

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