Le Mensonge

Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)



Croyant que je l’aimais avec idolâtrie,
Elle avait dépouillé tout ce qui la couvrait :
Comme un soleil couchant, la Pudeur colorait
Le nuage laiteux dont elle était pétrie.

Et tandis que son geste affolé m’implorait
Et que ses yeux profonds mouillaient leur songerie,
La Vérité mettait sur sa bouche fleurie
Le soupirant aveu de son désir secret.

Mais mon hypocrisie ardemment calculée
Mentait par tout mon être à cette Immaculée :
Car, évoquant alors un vertige ancien,

De l’air d’un faux dévot qui dit sa patenôtre,
Je râlais un prénom qui n’était pas le sien
Et dans sa nudité j’en incarnais une autre.
  

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA BAAB CCD XDA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 633
Words 104
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

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