{"id":6793,"date":"2017-08-08T16:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T20:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/?page_id=6793"},"modified":"2018-05-07T12:19:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T16:19:22","slug":"elisa-mercoeur-demain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/works-6\/elisa-mercoeur-demain\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9lisa Merc\u0153ur : Demain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"poem\" align=\"center\">\n<p class=\"volume-name\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Po\u00e9sies de Mlle \u00c9lisa Merc\u0153ur<\/em> (1829)<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"poem-title\" style=\"text-align: center\">Demain<\/h4>\n<div id=\"center_block\">\n<p>Chaque flot, tour \u00e0 tour, soit qu&#8217;il sommeille ou gronde,<br \/>\nEmporte mon esquif o\u00f9 le conduit le sort ;<br \/>\nEt, passager sans nom sur l&#8217;oc\u00e9an du monde,<br \/>\nJe m\u2019\u00e9loigne incertain de l&#8217;\u00e9cueil ou du port. <\/p>\n<p>J&#8217;ai vu s&#8217;enfuir le but de qui pensait t&#8217;atteindre ;<br \/>\nJ&#8217;ai vu ce qu&#8217;au sourire il succ\u00e8de de pleurs ;<br \/>\nCombien de purs flambeaux un souffle peut \u00e9teindre ;<br \/>\nCe qu&#8217;un baiser du vent peut moissonner de fleurs.<\/p>\n<p>Et j&#8217;ai dit : S&#8217;il s\u2019\u00e9loigne, oublions le nuage :<br \/>\nQu&#8217;importe le matin notre destin du soir ;<br \/>\nDe la tombe au berceau charmons le court passage ;<br \/>\nUn moment de bonheur vaut un si\u00e8cle d&#8217;espoir. <\/p>\n<p>Pour chanter, pour aimer, pourquoi toujours attendre<br \/>\nJamais a-t-on v\u00e9cu deux fois un m\u00eame jour ?<br \/>\nEt le flot du pass\u00e9 jamais sut-il nous rendre<br \/>\nUn seul de nos moments emport\u00e9s sans retour ? <\/p>\n<p>Un songe d&#8217;avenir trouble la jouissance ;<br \/>\nAh ! laissons un bandeau pour parure au destin :<br \/>\nQue le malheureux seul existe d&#8217;esp\u00e9rance,<br \/>\nS&#8217;endorme sur sa cha\u00eene et se dise : \u00c0 demain.  <\/p>\n<p><span id=\"indent\">(Septembre 1827)<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/works-6\/poesies-de-mlle-elisa-mercoeur\/\">Retour \u00e0 la table des mati\u00e8res<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Po\u00e9sies de Mlle \u00c9lisa Merc\u0153ur (1829) Demain Chaque flot, tour \u00e0 tour, soit qu&#8217;il sommeille ou gronde, Emporte mon esquif o\u00f9 le conduit le sort ; Et, passager sans nom sur l&#8217;oc\u00e9an du monde, Je m\u2019\u00e9loigne incertain de l&#8217;\u00e9cueil ou&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/works-6\/elisa-mercoeur-demain\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6934,"featured_media":0,"parent":294,"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\/6793"}],"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=6793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7962,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6793\/revisions\/7962"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}