\u00catre riche n\u2019est pas l\u2019affaire ;
\nToute l\u2019affaire est de charmer ;
\nDu palais le grenier diff\u00e8re
\nEn ce qu\u2019on y sait bien aimer.<\/p>\n
L\u2019aube au seuil, un grabat dans l\u2019angle ;
\nUn \u00e9den peut \u00eatre un taudis ;
\nLe craquement du lit de sangle
\nEst un des bruits du paradis.<\/p>\n
Moins de gros sous, c\u2019est moins de rides.
\nL\u2019or de moins, c\u2019est le doute \u00f4t\u00e9.
\nJamais l\u2019amour, \u00f4 cieux splendides !
\nNe s\u2019\u00e9raille \u00e0 la pauvret\u00e9.<\/p>\n
\u00c0 quoi bon vos tr\u00e9sors mensonges,
\nEt toutes vos piastres en tas,
\nPuisque le plafond bleu des songes
\nS\u2019ajuste \u00e0 tous les galetas !<\/p>\n
Croit-on qu\u2019au Louvre on se d\u00e9braille
\nComme dans mon bouge vainqueur,
\nEt que l\u2019\u00e9clat de la muraille
\nS\u2019ajoute aux d\u00e9lices du c\u0153ur ?<\/p>\n
La terre, que gonfle la s\u00e8ve,
\nEst un lieu saint, myst\u00e9rieux,
\nSublime, o\u00f9 la nudit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00c8ve
\n\u00c9clipse tout, hormis les cieux.<\/p>\n
L\u2019opulence est vaine, et s\u2019oublie
\nD\u00e8s que l\u2019id\u00e9al appara\u00eet,
\nEt quand l\u2019\u00e2me est d\u2019extase emplie
\nComme de souffles la for\u00eat.<\/p>\n
Horace est pauvre avec Lydie ;
\nLeurs amours ne sont point accrus
\nPar le marbre de Numidie
\nQui pave les bains de Scaurus.<\/p>\n
L\u2019amour est la fleur des prairies.
\n\u00d4 Virgile, on peut \u00eatre Egl\u00e9
\nSans tra\u00eener dans les Tuileries
\nDes flots de velours \u00e9pingl\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Femmes, nos vers qui vous d\u00e9fendent,
\nPoint avares et point p\u00e9dants,
\nPour vous chanter, ne vous demandent
\nPas d\u2019autres perles que vos dents.<\/p>\n
Femmes, ni Ch\u00e9nier, ni Properce
\nN\u2019ajoutent la condition
\nD\u2019une alc\u00f4ve tendue en perse
\n\u00c0 vos yeux, d\u2019o\u00f9 sort le rayon.<\/p>\n
Une Madelon bien coiff\u00e9e,
\nBlanche et limpide, et riant frais,
\nSera pour Perrault une f\u00e9e,
\nUne dryade pour Segrais.<\/p>\n
Suzon qui, tresses d\u00e9nou\u00e9es,
\nChante en peignant ses longs cheveux,
\nFait envoler dans les nu\u00e9es
\nTous nos songes et tous nos v\u0153ux.<\/p>\n
Margot, c\u2019est Glyc\u00e8re en cornette ;
\n\u00d4 chim\u00e8res qui me troublez,
\nLe jupon de serge d\u2019Annette
\nFlotte en vos azurs \u00e9toil\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
Que m\u2019importe, dans l\u2019ombre obscure,
\nL\u2019habit qu\u2019on rev\u00eat le matin,
\nEt que la robe soit de bure
\nLorsque la femme est de satin !<\/p>\n
Le sage a son c\u0153ur pour richesse ;
\nIl voit, tranquille accapareur,
\nSans trop de respect la duchesse,
\nLa grisette sans trop d\u2019horreur.<\/p>\n
L\u2019amour veut que sans crainte on lise
\nLes lettres de son alphabet ;
\nSi la premi\u00e8re est Arth\u00e9mise,
\nCertes, la seconde est Babet.<\/p>\n
Les pauvres filles sont des anges
\nQui n\u2019ont pas plus d\u2019argent parfois
\nQue les grives et les m\u00e9sanges
\nEt les fauvettes dans les bois.<\/p>\n
Je ne r\u00eave, en mon amourette,
\nPas plus d\u2019argent, \u00f4 vieux Paris,
\nSur la ga\u00eet\u00e9 de Turlurette
\nQue sur l\u2019aile de la perdrix.<\/p>\n
Est-ce qu\u2019on argente la gr\u00e2ce ?
\nEst-ce qu\u2019on dore la beaut\u00e9 ?
\nJe crois, quand l\u2019humble Alizon passe,
\nVoir la lumi\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n
19 octobre 1859.<\/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":[463],"poems-book":[445],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[206],"class_list":["post-9506","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-463","poems-book-les-chansons-des-rues-et-des-bois","poete-victor-hugo"],"yoast_head":"\n