Je ne suis pas de ceux qui robent la louange

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



Je ne suis pas de ceux qui robent la louange,
Fraudant indignement les hommes de valeur,
Ou qui, changeant la noire à la blanche couleur,
Savent, comme l'on dit, faire d'un diable un ange.

Je ne fais point valoir, comme un trésor étrange,
Ce que vantent si haut nos marcadants d'honneur,
Et si ne cherche point que quelque grand seigneur
Me baille pour des vers des biens en contr'change.

Ce que je quiers, Gournay, de cette soeur de roi,
Que j'honore, révère, admire comme toi,
C'est que de la louer sa bonté me dispense,

Puisqu'elle est de mes vers le plus louable objet :
Car en louant, Gournay, si louable sujet,
Le los que je m'acquiers m'est trop grand' récompense.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA ABBA BCD CCD
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 679
Words 121
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Joachim du Bellay

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