{"id":308,"date":"2016-04-06T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colbysites.org\/womenpoets\/preface\/"},"modified":"2018-04-06T18:21:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T22:21:24","slug":"preface","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/segalas\/works-8\/preface\/","title":{"rendered":"Pr\u00e9face de Louisa Siefert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"poem\" align=\"center\">\n<p class=\"volume-name\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Rayons perdus<\/em> (1869)<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"poem-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">PR\u00c9FACE<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I.<\/p>\n<div id=\"center_block\">\n<p>Quand, au bord de chemin, vient la biche craintive,<br \/>\nElle h\u00e9site un instant avant de le passer ;<br \/>\nElle voudrait cacher sa course fugitive,<br \/>\nRedoutant le chasseur qui la pourrait blesser.<\/p>\n<p>Dans ses grands yeux scintille une larme captive,<br \/>\nSur sa robe soyeuse un frisson vient glisser,<br \/>\nL\u2019\u00e9pouvante en son c\u0153ur comme un foyer s\u2019active,<br \/>\nL\u2019effroi de l\u2019inconnu l\u2019emp\u00eache d\u2019avancer.<\/p>\n<p>Mais de l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 la for\u00eat est plus verte,<br \/>\nLe gazon plus \u00e9pais, le taillis plus fourr\u00e9,<br \/>\nL\u2019eau murmure plus fra\u00eeche en son lit plus serr\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Quelle ar\u00e8ne splendide \u00e0 son audace offerte !<br \/>\nElle regarde encor, le courage la prend,<br \/>\nEt, relevant la t\u00eate, elle part en courant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">II.<\/p>\n<p>Je suis comme la biche ind\u00e9cise &amp; tremblante<br \/>\nDevant le taillis vert au gazon savoureux ;<br \/>\nUn d\u00e9sir insens\u00e9 prend mon c\u0153ur douloureux<br \/>\nD\u2019\u00e9chapper \u00e0 tout prix \u00e0 ma vie accablante.<\/p>\n<p>Sous le lourd poids du sort je me sens chancelante ;<br \/>\nMes r\u00eaves, succombant comme de vaillants preux,<br \/>\nGisent l\u00e0, devant moi, couch\u00e9s en rangs nombreux,<br \/>\nEt l\u2019esp\u00e9rance fuit, \u00e0 revenir si lente !<\/p>\n<p>Oh ! je veux m\u2019en aller \u00e0 la gloire, l\u00e0-bas !\u2026<br \/>\nMais pour l\u2019atteindre, il faut aussi franchir la route<br \/>\nO\u00f9 tous les pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s font le guet l\u2019arme au bras.<\/p>\n<p>Je les sais sans piti\u00e9, j\u2019ai peur, je les redoute,<br \/>\nLe trouble o\u00f9 je me vois accro\u00eet encore mon doute,<br \/>\nLe danger est certain\u2026 Si je n\u2019arrivais pas !\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/siefert\/works-9\/rayonsperduspage\/\">Retour \u00e0 la table des mati\u00e8res<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rayons perdus (1869) PR\u00c9FACE I. Quand, au bord de chemin, vient la biche craintive, Elle h\u00e9site un instant avant de le passer ; Elle voudrait cacher sa course fugitive, Redoutant le chasseur qui la pourrait blesser. Dans ses grands yeux&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/segalas\/works-8\/preface\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":319,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7304,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions\/7304"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}