{"id":9588,"date":"2025-04-18T12:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rimes.fr\/blog\/?post_type=poemes&#038;p=9588"},"modified":"2025-04-18T12:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:49:04","slug":"a-tous-ces-princes","status":"publish","type":"poemes","link":"https:\/\/www.rimes.fr\/blog\/poemes\/a-tous-ces-princes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 tous ces princes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rois teutons, vous avez mal copi\u00e9 vos p\u00e8res.<br \/>\nIls se pr\u00e9cipitaient hors de leurs grands repaires,<br \/>\nLe glaive au poing, t\u00e2chant d\u2019avoir ceci pour eux<br \/>\nD\u2019\u00eatre les plus vaillants et non les plus nombreux.<br \/>\nVous, vous faites la guerre autrement.<\/p>\n<p>On se glisse<br \/>\nSans bruit, dans l\u2019ombre, avec le hasard pour complice,<br \/>\nJusque dans le pays d\u2019\u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9, doucement,<br \/>\nUn peu comme un larron, presque comme un amant ;<br \/>\nBaissant la voix, courbant le front, cachant sa lampe,<br \/>\nOn se fait invisible au fond des bois, on rampe ;<br \/>\nPuis brusquement, criant vivat, hourrah, haro,<br \/>\nOn tire un million de sabres du fourreau,<br \/>\nOn se rue, et l\u2019on frappe et d\u2019estoc et de taille<br \/>\nSur le voisin, lequel a, dans cette bataille,<br \/>\nRien pour arm\u00e9e avec z\u00e9ro pour g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.<br \/>\nVos a\u00efeux, que Luther ber\u00e7ait de son choral,<\/p>\n<p>N\u2019eussent point accept\u00e9 de vaincre de la sorte ;<br \/>\nCar la soif conqu\u00e9rante \u00e9tait en eux moins forte<br \/>\nQue la pudeur guerri\u00e8re, et tous avaient au c\u0153ur<br \/>\nLe d\u00e9sir d\u2019\u00eatre grand plus que d\u2019\u00eatre vainqueur.<br \/>\nVous, princes, vous semez, de Sedan \u00e0 Versailles,<br \/>\nDans votre route obscure \u00e0 travers les broussailles,<br \/>\nToutes sortes d\u2019exploits louches et singuliers<br \/>\nDont se f\u00fbt indign\u00e9e au temps des chevaliers<br \/>\nLa magnanimit\u00e9 farouche de l\u2019\u00e9p\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>Rois, la guerre n\u2019est pas digne de l\u2019\u00e9pop\u00e9e<br \/>\nLorsqu\u2019elle est espionne et tra\u00eetre, et qu\u2019elle met<br \/>\nUne cocarde au vol, \u00e0 la fraude un plumet !<br \/>\nGuillaume est empereur, Bismarck est trabucaire ;<br \/>\nCharlemagne \u00e0 sa droite assoit Robert-Macaire ;<br \/>\nOn livre aux mameloucks, aux pandours, aux str\u00e9litz,<br \/>\nAux re\u00eetres, aux hulans, la France d\u2019Austerlitz ;<br \/>\nOn en fait son butin, sa proie et sa pr\u00e9bende.<br \/>\nO\u00f9 fut la grande arm\u00e9e on est l\u2019\u00e9norme bande.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Ivres, ils vont au gouffre obscur qui les attend.<br \/>\nAinsi l\u2019ours, \u00e0 vau-l\u2019eau sur le glacier flottant,<br \/>\nNe sent pas sous lui fondre et crouler la banquise.<\/p>\n<p>Soit, princes. Vautrez-vous sur la France conquise.<\/p>\n<p>De l\u2019Alsace aux abois, de la Lorraine en sang,<br \/>\nDe Metz qu\u2019on vous vendit, de Strasbourg fr\u00e9missant<br \/>\nDont vous n\u2019\u00e9teindrez pas la tragique aur\u00e9ole,<br \/>\nVous aurez ce qu\u2019on a des femmes qu\u2019on viole,<br \/>\nLa nudit\u00e9, le lit, et la haine \u00e0 jamais.<\/p>\n<p>Oui, le corps souill\u00e9, froid, sinistre d\u00e9sormais,<br \/>\nQuand on les prend de force en des \u00e9treintes viles,<br \/>\nC\u2019est tout ce qu\u2019on obtient des vierges et des villes.<\/p>\n<p>Moissonnez les vivants comme un champ de bl\u00e9 m\u00fbr,<br \/>\nCernez Paris, jetez la flamme \u00e0 ce grand mur,<br \/>\nTuez \u00e0 Ch\u00e2teaudun, tuez \u00e0 Gravelotte,<br \/>\nO rois, d\u00e9sesp\u00e9rez la m\u00e8re qui sanglote,<br \/>\nPoussez l\u2019effrayant cri de l\u2019ombre : Exterminons !<br \/>\nSecouez vos drapeaux et roulez vos canons ;<br \/>\nA ce bruit triomphal il manque quelque chose.<br \/>\nLa porte de rayons dans les cieux reste close ;<br \/>\nEt sur la terre en deuil pas un laurier ne sent<br \/>\nLa s\u00e8ve lui venir de tous ces flots de sang.<br \/>\nL\u00e0-haut au loin, le groupe altier des Renomm\u00e9es,<br \/>\nImmobile, indign\u00e9, les ailes referm\u00e9es,<br \/>\nTourne le dos, se tait, refuse de rien voir,<br \/>\nEt l\u2019on distingue, au fond de ce firmament noir,<br \/>\nLe morne abaissement de leurs trompettes sombres.<\/p>\n<p>Dire que pas un nom ne sort de ces d\u00e9combres !<br \/>\nO gloire, ces h\u00e9ros comment s\u2019appellent-ils ?<\/p>\n<p>Quoi ! ces triomphateurs hautains, sanglants, subtils,<br \/>\nQuoi ! ces envahisseurs que tant de rage anime<br \/>\nNe peuvent m\u00eame pas sortir de l\u2019anonyme,<br \/>\nEt ce comble d\u2019affront sur nous s\u2019appesantit<br \/>\nQue la victoire est grande et le vainqueur petit 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