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Cythère

Paul Verlaine

Un pavillon à claires-voies
Abrite doucement nos joies
Qu’éventent des rosiers amis;

L’odeur des roses, faible, grâce
Au vent léger d’été qui passe,
Se mêle aux parfums qu’elle a mis;

Comme ses yeux l’avaient promis,
Son courage est grand et sa lèvre
Communique une exquise fièvre;

Et l’Amour comblant tout, hormis
La Faim, sorbets et confitures
Nous préservent des courbatures.
Online text © 1998-2008 Poetry X. All rights reserved.
From Oeuvres complètes de Paul Verlaine, Vol. 1 | 1902
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