Il faut que le poète

Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)



Il faut que le poète, épris d'ombre et d'azur,
Esprit doux et splendide, au rayonnement pur,
Qui marche devant tous, éclairant ceux qui doutent,
Chanteur mystérieux qu'en tressaillant écoutent
Les femmes, les songeurs, les sages, les amants,
Devienne formidable à de certains moments.
Parfois, lorsqu'on se met à rêver sur son livre,
Où tout berce, éblouit, calme, caresse, enivre,
Où l'âme à chaque pas trouve à faire son miel,
Où les coins les plus noirs ont des lueurs du ciel,
Au milieu de cette humble et haute poésie,
Dans cette paix sacrée où croit la fleur choisie,
Où l'on entend couler les sources et les pleurs,
Où les strophes, oiseaux peints de mille couleurs,
Volent chantant l'amour, l'espérance et la joie,
Il faut que par instants on frissonne, et qu'on voie
Tout à coup, sombre, grave et terrible au passant,
Un vers fauve sortir de l'ombre en rugissant !
Il faut que le poète aux semences fécondes
Soit comme ces forêts vertes, fraîches, profondes,
Pleines de chants, amour du vent et du rayon,
Charmantes, où soudain l'on rencontre un lion.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Victor Marie Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831. Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He was buried in the Panthéon. more…

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