Soir religieux (I)

Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)



Près du fleuve roulant vers l'horizon ses ors
Et ses pourpres et ses vagues entre-frappées,
S'ouvre et rayonne, ainsi qu'un grand faisceau d'épées,
L'abside ardente avec ses sveltes contreforts.

La nef allume auprès ses merveilleux décors :
Ses murailles de fer et de granit drapées,
Ses verrières d'émaux et de bijoux jaspées
Et ses cryptes, où sont couchés des géants morts ;

L'âme des jours anciens a traversé la pierre
De sa douleur, de son encens, de sa prière
Et resplendit dans les soleils des ostensoirs ;

Et tel, avec ses toits lustrés comme un pennage,
Le temple entier paraît surgir au fond des soirs,
Comme une chasse énorme, où dort le moyen âge.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAAA AAAA XXA BAB
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 684
Words 113
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Emile Verhaeren

Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. more…

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