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J.-K. Huysmans: Sonnet Liminaire (Le Drageoir aux épices)

Joris-Karl Huysmans

(1849-1907)

Le Drageoir aux épices (1874)

 

Sonnet Liminaire


Des croquis de concert et de bals de barrière;

La reine Marguerite, un camaïeu pourpré;

Des naïades d’égout au sourire éploré,

Noyant leur long ennui dans des pintes de bière,

 

Des cabarets brodés de pampre et de lierre,

Le poète Villon, dans un cachot, prostré,

Ma tant douce tourmente, un hareng mordoré,

L’amour d’un paysan et d’une maraîchère,

 

Tels sont les principaux sujets que j’ai traités:

Un choix de bric-à-brac, vieux médaillons sculptés,

Emaux, pastels pâlis, eau-forte, estampe rousse,

 

Idoles aux grands yeux, aux charmes décevants,

Paysans de Brauwer, buvant, faisant carrousse,

Sont là. Les prenez-vous? A bas prix je les vends.

 

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