J\u2019ai vu dans \u00c9cija, vieille ville moresque,
\nAux clochers de fa\u00efence, aux palais peints \u00e0 fresque,
\nSous les rayons de plomb du soleil \u00e9touffant,
\nUn colosse dor\u00e9 qui portait un enfant.
\nUn pilier de granit, d\u2019ordre salomonique,
\nServait de pi\u00e9destal au vieillard athl\u00e9tique ;
\nSa colossale main sur un tronc de palmier
\nS\u2019appuyait largement et le faisait plier ;
\nEt tous ses nerfs roidis par un effort \u00e9trange,
\nComme ceux de Jacob dans sa lutte avec l\u2019ange,
\nSemblaient suffire \u00e0 peine \u00e0 soutenir le poids
\nDe ce petit enfant qui tenait une croix !
\n\u00ab Quoi ! g\u00e9ant aux bras forts, \u00e0 la poitrine large,
\nTu te courbes vaincu par cette faible charge,
\nEt ta dorure, o\u00f9 tremble une fauve lueur,
\nSemble fondre et couler sur ton corps en sueur !<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u00ab Ne sois pas \u00e9tonn\u00e9 si mes genoux chancellent,
\nSi mes nerfs sont raidis, si mes tempes ruissellent.
\nCertes, je suis de bronze et taill\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on
\n\u00c0 passer les vigueurs d\u2019Hercule et de Samson !
\nMon poignet vaut celui du vieux Crotoniate ;
\nIl n\u2019est pas de taureau que d\u2019un coup je n\u2019abatte,
\nEt je fends les lions avec mes doigts nerveux ;
\nCar nulle Dalila n\u2019a touch\u00e9 mes cheveux.
\nJe pourrais, comme Atlas, poser sur mes \u00e9paules
\nLa corniche du ciel et les essieux des p\u00f4les ;
\nMais je ne puis porter cet enfant de six mois
\nAvec son globe bleu surmont\u00e9 d\u2019une croix ;
\nCar c\u2019est le fruit divin de la Vierge f\u00e9conde,
\nL\u2019enfant pr\u00e9destin\u00e9, le r\u00e9dempteur du monde ;
\nC\u2019est l\u2019Esprit triomphant, le Verbe souverain :
\nUn tel poids fait plier m\u00eame un g\u00e9ant d\u2019airain ! \u00bb<\/p>\n
\u00c9cija, 1841.<\/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":[645],"poems-book":[616],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[614],"class_list":["post-13923","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-645","poems-book-espana","poete-theophile-gautier"],"yoast_head":"\n