La face de la b\u00eate est terrible ; on y sent
\nL\u2019Ignor\u00e9, l\u2019\u00e9ternel probl\u00e8me \u00e9blouissant
\nEt t\u00e9n\u00e9breux, que l\u2019homme appelle la Nature ;
\nOn a devant soi l\u2019ombre informe, l\u2019aventure
\nEt le joug, l\u2019esclavage et la r\u00e9bellion,
\nQuand on voit le visage effrayant du lion ;
\nLe monstre orageux, rauque, effr\u00e9n\u00e9, n\u2019est pas libre,
\n\u00d4 stupeur ! et quel est cet \u00e9trange \u00e9quilibre<\/p>\n
Compos\u00e9 de splendeur et d\u2019horreur, l\u2019univers,
\nO\u00f9 r\u00e8gne un J\u00e9hovah dont Satan est l\u2019envers ;
\nO\u00f9 les astres, essaim lumineux et livide,
\nSemblent pris dans un bagne, et fuyant dans le vide,
\nEt jet\u00e9s au hasard comme on jette les d\u00e9s,
\nEt toujours \u00e0 la cha\u00eene et toujours \u00e9vad\u00e9s ?
\nQuelle est cette merveille effroyable et divine
\nO\u00f9, dans l\u2019\u00e9den qu\u2019on voit, c\u2019est l\u2019enfer qu\u2019on devine,
\nO\u00f9 s\u2019\u00e9clipse, \u00f4 terreur, espoirs \u00e9vanouis,
\nL\u2019infini des soleils sous l\u2019infini des nuits,
\nO\u00f9, dans la brute, Dieu dispara\u00eet et s\u2019efface ?
\nQuand ils ont devant eux le monstre face \u00e0 face,
\nLes mages, les songeurs vertigineux des bois,
\nLes proph\u00e8tes bl\u00eamis \u00e0 qui parlent des voix,
\nSentent on ne sait quoi d\u2019\u00e9norme dans la b\u00eate ;
\nPour eux l\u2019amer rictus de cette obscure t\u00eate,
\nC\u2019est l\u2019ab\u00eeme, inquiet d\u2019\u00eatre trop regard\u00e9,
\nC\u2019est l\u2019\u00e9ternel secret qui veut \u00eatre gard\u00e9
\nEt qui ne laisse pas entrer dans ses myst\u00e8res
\nLa curiosit\u00e9 des p\u00e2les solitaires ;
\nEt ces hommes, \u00e0 qui l\u2019ombre fait des aveux,
\nSentent qu\u2019ici le sphinx s\u2019irrite, et leurs cheveux
\nSe dressent, et leur sang dans leurs veines se fige
\nDevant le froncement de sourcil du prodige.<\/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":[443],"poems-book":[447],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[206],"class_list":["post-9701","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-443","poems-book-lart-detre-grand-pere","poete-victor-hugo"],"yoast_head":"\n