Trop tard

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme 1839 (Paris) – 1907 (Châtenay-Malabry)



Nature, accomplis-tu tes oeuvres au hasard,
Sans raisonnable loi ni prévoyant génie ?
Ou bien m'as-tu donné par cruelle ironie
Des lèvres et des mains, l'ouïe et le regard ?

Il est tant de saveurs dont je n'ai point ma part,
Tant de fruits à cueillir que le sort me dénie !
Il voyage vers moi tant de flots d'harmonie,
Tant de rayons qui tous m'arriveront trop tard !

Et si je meurs sans voir mon idole inconnue,
Si sa lointaine voix ne m'est point parvenue,
A quoi m'auront servi mon oreille et mes yeux ?

A quoi m'aura servi ma main hors de la sienne ?
Mes lèvres et mon coeur, sans qu'elle m'appartienne ?
Pourquoi vivre à demi quand le néant vaut mieux ?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA ABBA BBC BBC
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 663
Words 120
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme

René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist.  more…

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