Le vieux pêcheur
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Au fil de l'eau coulant sans bruit,
Triste et beau comme un vieux monarque,
Perche en main, débout dans sa barque,
Le pêcheur aspirait la nuit.
Son extase mal contenue
Rivait, pleins de larmes, ses yeux
Au grand miroir mystérieux
Où tremblait l'ombre de la nue.
L'astre pur, à frissons follets,
Jetait prodigue ses reflets
A cette transparence brune ;
J'entendis l'homme chuchoter :
' C'te nuit ! fait-i' bon d'exister !
Pour voir l'eau s'ens'mencer d'la lune. '
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBA CDDC DDC EEC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 471 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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