{"id":5082,"date":"2017-07-11T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/?page_id=5082"},"modified":"2018-04-16T17:22:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T21:22:25","slug":"marceline-desbordes-valmore-conte-imite-de-larabe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/desbordes\/works-4\/marceline-desbordes-valmore-conte-imite-de-larabe\/","title":{"rendered":"Marceline Desbordes-Valmore : Conte imit\u00e9 de l&#8217;arabe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"poem\" align=\"center\">\n<p class=\"volume-name\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00c9l\u00e9gies, Marie, et romances <\/em>(1819)<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"poem-title\" style=\"text-align: center\">CONTE<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">IMIT\u00c9 DE L&#8217;ARABE<\/p>\n<div id=\"center_block\">\n<p><span id=\"indent\">C&#8217;\u00e9tait jadis. Pour un peu d\u2019or,<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Un fou quitta ses amours, sa patrie.<br \/>\nDe nos jours, cette soif ne para\u00eet point tarie :<br \/>\n<span id=\"indent\">J&#8217;en connais qu\u2019elle br\u00fble encor.<\/span><br \/>\nCourageux, il s\u2019embarque ; et, surpris par l&#8217;orage,<br \/>\nDemi-mort de frayeur, il \u00e9chappe au naufrage.<br \/>\nLa fatigue d\u2019abord lui donna le sommeil,<br \/>\nPuis enfin, l\u2019app\u00e9tit provoqua son r\u00e9veil.<br \/>\nAu rivage o\u00f9 jamais n\u2019aborda l\u2019Esp\u00e9rance,<br \/>\nIl cherche, mais en vain, quelque fruit savoureux.<br \/>\nDu sable, un rocher nud s&#8217;offrent seuls \u00e0 ses yeux :<br \/>\nSur la vague en fureur il voit fuir l&#8217;existence.<br \/>\nL\u2019\u00e2me en deuil, le c\u0153ur froid , le corps appesanti,<br \/>\nL\u2019\u0153il fix\u00e9 sur les flots qui mugissent encore,<br \/>\nSentant cro\u00eetre et crier la faim qui le d\u00e9vore,<br \/>\nDans un morne silence il reste an\u00e9anti.<br \/>\nLa mer, qui par degr\u00e9s se calme et se retire ,<br \/>\nLaisse au pied du rocher les d\u00e9bris du vaisseau ;<br \/>\nL\u2019infortun\u00e9 vers lui lentement les attire,<br \/>\nS&#8217;y couche, se r\u00e9signe, et s\u2019appr\u00eate un tombeau.<br \/>\nTout-\u00e0-coup il tressaille, il revoit l\u2019Esp\u00e9rance,<br \/>\nLui tend les bras, l&#8217;atteint, sourit, tombe \u00e0 genoux.<br \/>\nD\u2019un secours impr\u00e9vu b\u00e9nir la Providence,<br \/>\nEst de tous les besoins, le plus grand, le plus doux !<br \/>\n<span id=\"indent\">Puis, en tremblant, sa main avide<\/span><br \/>\nSoul\u00e8ve un petit sac qu\u2019il sent encore humide,<br \/>\nLe presse&#8230;.. en interroge et la forme et le poids ;<br \/>\nY sent rouler des fruits,&#8230;des noisettes,&#8230; des noix,&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00ab Des noix ! dit-il : Des noix ! quel tr\u00e9sor plein de charmes ! \u00bb<br \/>\nIl d\u00e9chire la toile !&#8230;. \u00f4 surprise ! \u00f4 tourmens !<br \/>\n<span id=\"indent\">\u00ab H\u00e9las ! dit-il, en versant quelques larmes,<br \/>\nCe ne sont que des diamans ! \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/desbordes\/works-4\/elegies-marie-et-romances-1819\/\">Retour \u00e0 la table des mati\u00e8res<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c9l\u00e9gies, Marie, et romances (1819) CONTE IMIT\u00c9 DE L&#8217;ARABE C&#8217;\u00e9tait jadis. Pour un peu d\u2019or, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Un fou quitta ses amours, sa patrie. De nos jours, cette soif ne para\u00eet point tarie : J&#8217;en connais qu\u2019elle br\u00fble encor&#8230;. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/desbordes\/works-4\/marceline-desbordes-valmore-conte-imite-de-larabe\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6934,"featured_media":0,"parent":270,"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\/5082"}],"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\/6934"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5082"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7749,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5082\/revisions\/7749"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}