Jupiter voyant nos fautes,
\nDit un jour du haut des airs :
\n\u00ab Remplissons de nouveaux h\u00f4tes
\nLes cantons de l\u2019Univers
\nHabit\u00e9s par cette race
\nQui m\u2019importune et me lasse.
\nVa-t\u2019en, Mercure, aux Enfers,
\nAm\u00e8ne-moi la Furie
\nLa plus cruelle des trois.
\nRace que j\u2019ai trop ch\u00e9rie,
\nTu p\u00e9riras cette fois ! \u00bb
\nJupiter ne tarda gu\u00e8re
\n\u00c0 mod\u00e9rer son transport.
\n\u00d4 vous, rois, qu\u2019il voulut faire
\nArbitres de notre sort,
\nLaissez, entre la col\u00e8re
\nEt l\u2019orage qui la suit,
\nL\u2019intervalle d\u2019une nuit.
\nLe Dieu dont l\u2019aile est l\u00e9g\u00e8re,
\nEt la langue a des douceurs,
\nAlla voir les noires s\u0153urs.
\n\u00c0 Tisiphone et M\u00e9g\u00e8re
\nIl pr\u00e9f\u00e9ra, ce dit-on,
\nL\u2019impitoyable Alecton.
\nCe choix la rendit si fi\u00e8re,
\nQu\u2019elle jura par Pluton
\nQue toute l\u2019engeance humaine
\nSerait bient\u00f4t du domaine
\nDes D\u00e9it\u00e9s de l\u00e0-bas.
\nJupiter n\u2019approuva pas
\nLe serment de l\u2019Eum\u00e9nide.
\nIl la renvoie ; et pourtant
\nIl lance un foudre \u00e0 l\u2019instant
\nSur certain peuple perfide.
\nLe tonnerre, ayant pour guide
\nLe p\u00e8re m\u00eame de ceux
\nQu\u2019il mena\u00e7ait de ses feux,
\nSe contenta de leur crainte ;
\nIl n\u2019embrasa que l\u2019enceinte
\nD\u2019un d\u00e9sert inhabit\u00e9 :
\nTout p\u00e8re frappe \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9.
\nQu\u2019arriva-t-il ? Notre engeance
\nPrit pied sur cette indulgence.
\nTout l\u2019Olympe s\u2019en plaignit ;
\nEt l\u2019assembleur de nuages
\nJura le Styx, et promit
\nDe former d\u2019autres orages :
\nIls seraient s\u00fbrs. On sourit ;
\nOn lui dit qu\u2019il \u00e9tait p\u00e8re,
\nEt qu\u2019il laiss\u00e2t, pour le mieux,
\n\u00c0 quelqu\u2019un des autres Dieux
\nD\u2019autres tonnerres \u00e0 faire.
\nVulcan entreprit l\u2019affaire.
\nCe Dieu remplit ses fourneaux
\nDe deux sortes de carreaux.
\nL\u2019un jamais ne se fourvoie ;
\nEt c\u2019est celui que toujours
\nL\u2019Olympe en corps nous envoie :
\nL\u2019autre s\u2019\u00e9carte en son cours ;
\nCe n\u2019est qu\u2019aux monts qu\u2019il en co\u00fbte ;
\nBien souvent m\u00eame il se perd,
\nEt ce dernier en sa route
\nNous vient du seul Jupiter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"annee":[166],"poems-book":[142],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[151],"class_list":["post-1285","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-166","poems-book-fables","poete-jean-de-la-fontaine"],"yoast_head":"\n