Prière

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



Ah ! Si vous saviez comme on pleure
De vivre seul et sans foyers,
Quelquefois devant ma demeure
Vous passeriez.

Si vous saviez ce que fait naître
Dans l'âme triste un pur regard,
Vous regarderiez ma fenêtre
Comme au hasard.

Si vous saviez quel baume apporte
Au coeur la présence d'un coeur,
Vous vous assoiriez sous ma porte
Comme une soeur.

Si vous saviez que je vous aime,
Surtout si vous saviez comment,
Vous entreriez peut-être même
Tout simplement.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB ACAC CAXA XXXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 452
Words 80
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme

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

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