Si tu m'en crois, Baïf, tu changeras Parnasse

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



Si tu m'en crois, Baïf, tu changeras Parnasse
Au palais de Paris, Hélicon au parquet,
Ton laurier en un sac, et ta lyre au caquet
De ceux qui, pour serrer, la main n'ont jamais lasse.

C'est à ce métier-là que les biens on amasse,
Non à celui des vers, où moins y a d'acquêt
Qu'au métier d'un bouffon ou celui d'un naquet.
Fi du plaisir, Baïf, qui sans profit se passe.

Laissons donc, je te prie, ces babillardes soeurs,
Ce causeur Apollon, et ces vaines douceurs,
Qui pour tout leur trésor n'ont que des lauriers verts.

Aux choses de profit, ou celles qui font rire,
Les grands ont aujourd'hui les oreilles de cire,
Mais ils les ont de fer pour écouter les vers.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA AXBA AAA CCA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 679
Words 125
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

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