L'Envie

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



Paix à ces malheureux Esprits
En qui la Haine s’accoutume
Et dont le destin se résume
À mâcher des venins aigris.

La justice étouffe leurs cris
Et les rabat dans leur écume :
Paix à ces malheureux esprits
En qui la Haine s’accoutume.

Pauvres nains tors et rabougris
Que leur impuissance consume !
Plaignons-les donc sans amertume
Et pardonnons-leur sans mépris :
Paix à ces malheureux Esprits.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABba abAB abbaA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 402
Words 66
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5

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