A L’Hirondelle
Andre Marie de Chenier 1762 (Constantinople) – 1794 (Paris)
Fille de Pandion, ô jeune Athénienne,
La cigale est ta proie, hirondelle inhumaine,
Et nourrit tes petits qui, débiles encor,
Nus, tremblants, dans les airs n'osent prendre l'essor.
Tu voles; comme toi la cigale a des ailes.
Tu chantes; elle chante. À vos chansons fidèles
Le moissonneur s'égaye, et l'automne orageux
En des climats lointains vous chasse toutes deux.
Oses-tu donc porter dans ta cruelle joie
A ton nid sans pitié cette innocente proie?
Et faut-il voir périr un chanteur sans appui
Sous la morsure, hélas! d'un chanteur comme lui!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABBCDCEFBGH |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 92 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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