Lion ! J\u2019\u00e9tais pensif, \u00f4 b\u00eate prisonni\u00e8re,
\nDevant la majest\u00e9 de ta grave crini\u00e8re ;
\nDu plafond de ta cage elle faisait un dais.
\nNous songions tous les deux, et tu me regardais.
\nTon regard \u00e9tait beau, lion. Nous autres hommes,
\nLe peu que nous faisons et le rien que nous sommes
\nEmplit notre pens\u00e9e, et dans nos regards vains
\nBrillent nos plans ch\u00e9tifs que nous croyons divins,
\nNos v\u0153ux, nos passions que notre orgueil encense,
\nEt notre petitesse, ivre de sa puissance ;
\nEt, bouffis d\u2019ignorance ou gonfl\u00e9s de venin,
\nNotre prunelle \u00e9clate et dit : Je suis ce nain !
\nNous avons dans nos yeux notre moi mis\u00e9rable.
\nMais la b\u00eate qui vit sous le ch\u00eane et l\u2019\u00e9rable,
\nQui pa\u00eet le thym, ou fuit dans les halliers profonds,
\nQui dans les champs, o\u00f9 nous, hommes, nous \u00e9touffons,
\nRespire, solitaire, avec l\u2019astre et la rose,
\nL\u2019\u00eatre sauvage, obscur et tranquille, qui cause
\nAvec la roche \u00e9norme et les petites fleurs,
\nQui, parmi les vallons et les sources en pleurs,
\nPlonge son mufle roux aux herbes non foul\u00e9es,
\nLa brute qui rugit sous les nuits constell\u00e9es,
\nQui r\u00eave, et dont les pas fauves et familiers
\nDe l\u2019antre formidable \u00e9branlent les piliers,
\nEt qui se sent \u00e0 peine en ces profondeurs sombres,
\nA sous son fier sourcil les monts, les vastes ombres,
\nLes \u00e9toiles, les pr\u00e9s, le lac serein, les cieux,
\nEt le myst\u00e8re obscur des bois silencieux,
\nEt porte en son \u0153il calme, o\u00f9 l\u2019infini commence,
\nLe regard \u00e9ternel de la nature immense.<\/p>\n
Juin 1842.<\/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":[224],"poems-book":[225],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[206],"class_list":["post-9225","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-224","poems-book-les-contemplations","poete-victor-hugo"],"yoast_head":"\n