Dans la ti\u00e8de for\u00eat que baigne un jour vermeil,
\nLe grand ch\u00eane noueux, le p\u00e8re de la race,
\nPenche sur le coteau sa rugueuse cuirasse
\nEt, solitaire a\u00efeul, se r\u00e9chauffe au soleil.<\/p>\n
Du fumier de ses fils \u00e9touff\u00e9s sous son ombre,
\nRobuste, il a nourri ses si\u00e8cles florissants,
\nFait bouillonner la s\u00e8ve en ses membres puissants,
\nEt respir\u00e9 le ciel avec sa t\u00eate sombre.<\/p>\n
Mais ses plus fiers rameaux sont morts, squelettes noirs
\nSinistrement dress\u00e9s sur sa couronne verte ;
\nEt dans la profondeur de sa poitrine ouverte
\nLes larves ont creus\u00e9 de vastes entonnoirs.<\/p>\n
La s\u00e8ve du printemps vient irriter l\u2019ulc\u00e8re
\nQue suinte la torpeur de ses acres tissus.
\nTout un monde pullule en ses membres moussus,
\nEt le fauve lichen de sa rouille l\u2019enserre.<\/p>\n
Sans cesse un bois inerte et qui v\u00e9cut en lui
\nSe brise sur son corps et tombe. Un vent d\u2019orage
\nPeut finir de sa mort le s\u00e9culaire ouvrage,
\nEt peut-\u00eatre qu\u2019il doit s\u2019\u00e9crouler aujourd\u2019hui.<\/p>\n
Car d\u00e9j\u00e0 la chenille aux anneaux d\u2019\u00e9meraude
\nD\u00e9serte lentement son feuillage peu s\u00fbr ;
\nD\u2019insectes soulevant leurs \u00e9lytres d\u2019azur
\nTout un peuple inquiet sur son \u00e9corce r\u00f4de ;<\/p>\n
D\u00e8s hier, un essaim d\u2019abeilles a quitt\u00e9
\nSa demeure d\u2019argile aux branches suspendue ;
\nCe matin, les frelons, colonie \u00e9perdue,
\nSous d\u2019autres pieds rameux transportaient leur cit\u00e9 :<\/p>\n
Un l\u00e9zard, sur le tronc, au bord d\u2019une fissure,
\nDarde sa t\u00eate aigu\u00eb, observe, h\u00e9site, et fuit ;
\nEt voici qu\u2019inondant l\u2019arbre glac\u00e9, la nuit
\nVient h\u00e2ter sur sa chair la p\u00e2le moisissure.<\/p>\n
1872.<\/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":[199],"poems-book":[624],"poemes-theme":[149],"poete":[650],"class_list":["post-14143","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-199","poems-book-les-poemes-dores","poemes-theme-nature","poete-anatole-france"],"yoast_head":"\n