Dessus un mont une flamme allumée

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



Dessus un mont une flamme allumée
A triple pointe ondoyait vers les cieux,
Qui de l'encens d'un cèdre précieux
Parfumait l'air d'une odeur embaumée.

D'un blanc oiseau l'aile bien emplumée
Semblait voler jusqu'au séjour des dieux,
Et dégoisant un chant mélodieux
Montait au ciel avecques la fumée.

De ce beau feu les rayons écartés
Lançaient partout mille et mille clartés,
Quand le dégout d'une pluie dorée

Le vint éteindre. O triste changement!
Ce qui sentait si bon premièrement
Fut corrompu d'une odeur sulfurée.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA ABBA BBA CCA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 528
Words 85
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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