Le Vœu

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



N’avez-vous pas tenu en vos mains souveraines
La souplesse de l’eau et la force du vent ?
Le nombreux univers en vous fut plus vivant
Qu’en ses fleuves, ses flots, ses fleurs et ses fontaines.

C’est vrai. Ma bouche a bu aux sources souterraines ;
La sève s’est mêlée à la fleur de mon sang
Et, d’un cours régulier, naturel et puissant,
Toute l’âme terrestre a coulé dans mes veines.

Aussi, riche et joyeux du fruit de ma moisson
Et du quadruple soir de mes quatre saisons,
Je te donne ma cendre, ô terre maternelle,

Pour renaître plus vif, plus vaste et plus vivant
Et vivre de nouveau la Vie universelle,
Dans la fuite de l’Eau et la force du Vent.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA AXBA XAC BCB
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 670
Words 121
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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