L'Heure

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



L’invariable buis et le cyprès constant
Bordent l’allée égale et le parterre où songe
Dans le bassin carré l’eau qui reflète et ronge
Un Triton fatigué de sa conque qu’il tend ;

En sa gaîne de pierre aussi l’hermès attend
Que tourne autour de lui son socle qui s’allonge ;
Un Pégase cabré, le pied pris dans sa longe,
Lève un sabot de bronze et gonfle un crin flottant.

L’heure est longue pour ceux qui, figés en statues,
Vol brisé, saut captif, dont les voix se sont tues,
Demeurent au jardin vaste et monumental ;

Et le Temps qui s’en va, hibou noir ou colombe,
Dessine au vieux cadran de pierre et de métal
Une aile d’ombre oblique où fuit le jour qui tombe.
  

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBC CBBA DDX EXE
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 691
Words 123
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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