Si l'aveugle fureur, qui cause les batailles

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



Si l'aveugle fureur, qui cause les batailles,
Des pareils animaux n'a les coeurs allumés,
Soit ceux qui vont courant ou soit les emplumés,
Ceux-là qui vont rampant ou les armés d'écailles :

Quelle ardente Erinnys de ses rouges tenailles
Vous pincetait les coeurs de rage envenimés,
Quand si cruellement l'un sur l'autre animés
Vous détrempiez le fer en vos propres entrailles ?

Etait-ce point, Romains, votre cruel destin,
Ou quelque vieux péché qui d'un discord mutin
Exerçait contre vous sa vengeance éternelle ?

Ne permettant des dieux le juste jugement,
Vos murs ensanglantés par la main fraternelle
Se pouvoir assurer d'un ferme fondement.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAA AAAA BBC DCD
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 652
Words 102
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Joachim du Bellay

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade. more…

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