Déjà la nuit en son parc amassait

Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)



Déjà la nuit en son parc amassait
Un grand troupeau d'étoiles vagabondes,
Et, pour entrer aux cavernes profondes,
Fuyant le jour, ses noirs chevaux chassait ;

Déjà le ciel aux Indes rougissait,
Et l'aube encor de ses tresses tant blondes
Faisant grêler mille perlettes rondes,
De ses trésors les prés enrichissait :

Quand d'occident, comme une étoile vive,
Je vis sortir dessus ta verte rive,
O fleuve mien ! une nymphe en riant.

Alors, voyant cette nouvelle Aurore,
Le jour honteux d'un double teint colore
Et l'Angevin et l'indique orient.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA ABBA CCA DDA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 545
Words 89
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Joachim du Bellay

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade. more…

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