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Paul Verlaine poésie: Spleen

Paul Verlaine

(1844-1896)

S p l e e n

Les roses étaient toutes rouges
Et les lierres étaient tout noirs.

Chère, pour peu que tu ne bouges,
Renaissent tous mes désespoirs.

Le ciel était trop bleu, trop tendre,
La mer trop verte et l’air trop doux.

Je crains toujours, – ce qu’est d’attendre !
Quelque fuite atroce de vous.

Du houx à la feuille vernie
Et du luisant buis je suis las,

Et de la campagne infinie
Et de tout, fors de vous, hélas !

 

Paul Verlaine: Spleen

 

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