Je vis l'oiseau qui le soleil contemple
Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)
Je vis l'oiseau qui le soleil contemple
D'un faible vol au ciel s'aventurer,
Et peu à peu ses ailes assurer,
Suivant encor le maternel exemple.
Je le vis croître, et d'un voler plus ample
Des plus hauts monts la hauteur mesurer,
Percer la nue, et ses ailes tirer
Jusqu'au lieu où des dieux est le temple.
Là se perdit : puis soudain je l'ai vu
Rouant par l'air en tourbillon de feu,
Tout enflammé sur la plaine descendre.
Je vis son corps en poudre tout réduit,
Et vis l'oiseau, qui la lumière fuit,
Comme un vermet renaître de sa cendre
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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