Que n'ai-je encor la harpe thracienne

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



Que n'ai-je encor la harpe thracienne,
Pour réveiller de l'enfer paresseux
Ces vieux Césars, et les ombres de ceux
Qui ont bâti cette ville ancienne ?

Ou que je n'ai celle amphionienne,
Pour animer d'un accord plus heureux
De ces vieux murs les ossements pierreux,
Et restaurer la gloire ausonienne ?

Pussé-je au moins d'un pinceau plus agile
Sur le patron de quelque grand Virgile
De ces palais les portraits façonner :

J'entreprendrais, vu l'ardeur qui m'allume,
De rebâtir au compas de la plume
Ce que les mains ne peuvent maçonner.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 19, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA ABBA CCD EED
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 537
Words 90
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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