Le Bassin noir

Henri de Regnier 1864 (Honfleur) – 1936 (Paris)



Laisse le Printemps rire en sa gaine de pierre
Et l’Hiver qui sanglote au socle où il est pris
Jusqu’au torse, et l’Été, grave en ses nœuds fleuris,
Près de l’Automne nu qui s’empampre et s’enlierre ;

Laisse la rose double et la rose trémière
Et l’allée à dessins de sable jaune et gris
Et l’écho qui répond au rire que tu ris,
Et viens te regarder dans une eau singulière.

Elle occupe un bassin ovale et circonspecte ;
Nulle plume d’oiseau et nulle aile d’insecte
Ne raie en le frôlant l’ébène du miroir,

Et, de sa transparencesommeillent des ors,
Tu verrais émerger d’entre son cristal noir
Le Silence à mi-voix et l’Amour à mi-corps !

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA CBBC DDA BXX
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 681
Words 117
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Henri de Regnier

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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