C\u2019\u00e9tait en juin, j\u2019\u00e9tais \u00e0 Bruxelle ; on me dit :
\nSavez-vous ce que fait maintenant ce bandit ?
\nEt l\u2019on me raconta le meurtre juridique,
\nCharlet assassin\u00e9 sur la place publique,
\nCirasse, Cuisinier, tous ces infortun\u00e9s
\nQue cet homme au supplice a lui-m\u00eame tra\u00een\u00e9s
\nEt qu\u2019il a de ses mains li\u00e9s sur la bascule.
\nO sauveur, \u00f4 h\u00e9ros, vainqueur de cr\u00e9puscule, C\u00e9sar !
\nDieu fait sortir de terre les moissons,
\nLa vigne, l\u2019eau courante abreuvant les buissons,
\nLes fruits vermeils, la rose o\u00f9 l\u2019abeille butine,
\nLes ch\u00eanes, les lauriers, et toi la guillotine.<\/p>\n
Prince qu\u2019aucun de ceux qui lui donnent leurs voix
\nNe voudrait rencontrer le soir au coin d\u2019un bois !<\/p>\n
J\u2019avais le front br\u00fblant ; je sortis par la ville.
\nTout m\u2019y parut plein d\u2019ombre et de guerre civile ;
\nLes passants me semblaient des spectres effar\u00e9s ;
\nJe m\u2019enfuis dans les champs paisibles et dor\u00e9s ;
\n\u00d4 contre-coups du crime au fond de l\u2019\u00e2me humaine !
\nLa nature ne put me calmer. L\u2019air, la plaine,
\nLes fleurs, tout m\u2019irritait ; je fr\u00e9missais devant
\nCe monde o\u00f9 je sentais ce sc\u00e9l\u00e9rat vivant.
\nSans pouvoir m\u2019apaiser, je fis plus d\u2019une lieue.
\nLe soir triste monta sous la coupole bleue ;
\nLinceul frissonnant, l\u2019ombre autour de moi s\u2019accrut ;
\nTout \u00e0 coup la nuit vint, et la lune apparut
\nSanglante, et dans les cieux, de deuil envelopp\u00e9e,
\nJe regardai rouler cette t\u00eate coup\u00e9e.<\/p>\n
Jersey mai 1853.<\/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":[440],"poems-book":[439],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[206],"class_list":["post-9136","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-440","poems-book-les-chatiments","poete-victor-hugo"],"yoast_head":"\n