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Andre Marie de Chenier Poems
- Ode To Marie-Anne-Charlotte Co... Le noir serpent, sorti de ...
- A L’hirondelle Fille de Pandion, ô jeune Athénienne, La ...
- Comme Un Dernier Rayon Comme un dernier rayon, comme un ...
- A Versailles O Versaille, ô bois, ô portiques, Marbres ...
- Fille Du Vieux Pasteur Fille du vieux pasteur, qui d'une main...
- A La Sante Allons, muse rustique, enfant de la ...
- Eh Bien! Je Le Voulais Eh bien! je le voulais. J'aurais bien ...
André Marie Chénier was a French poet, associated with the events of the French Revolution of which he was a victim. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement. His career was brought to an abrupt end when he was guillotined for alleged "crimes against the state", just three days before the end of the Reign of Terror. Chénier's life has been the subject of Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier and other works of art.
Life
He was born in the Galata district (today Karaköy neighborhood) of Constantinople. His father, Louis Chénier, a native of Languedoc, after twenty years in the Levant as a cloth-merchant, was ... more »
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Ode To Marie-Anne-Charlotte Corday
Le noir serpent, sorti de sa caverne impure,
A donc vu rompre enfin sous ta main ferme et sûre
le venimeux tissu de ses jours abhorrés!
Aux entrailles du tigre, à ses dents homicides,
Tu vins demander et les membres livides
Et le sang des humains qu'il avait dévorés!
La vertu seule est libre. Honneur de notre histoire,
Notre immortel opprobre y vit avec ta gloire.
Seule tu fus un homme, et vengea les humains.
Et nous, eunuques vils, troupeau lâche et sans âme,
Nous savons répéter quelques plaintes de femme,
Mais le fer pèserait à nos débiles ...
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