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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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 537 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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