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Charmes

Chapter 15: LA FAUSSE MORTE
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A collection of polished lyrical poems that meditate on consciousness, perception, and the tensions between imagination and reason. Frequent motifs include dawn and awakening, trees and natural forms, and the city as a site of power and construction. The verse moves between intimate self-examination and vivid sensory description, exploring how ideas form, how desire animates creativity, and how language shapes experience. The poems emphasize musical clarity, formal precision, and dense imagery, shifting from introspective monologues to mythic or public voices, and often reconcile philosophical reflection with sensual detail.

LA FAUSSE MORTE

Humblement, tendrement, sur le tombeau charmant,
Sur l’insensible monument,
Que d’ombres, d’abandons, et d’amour prodiguée,
Forme ta grâce fatiguée,
Je meurs, je meurs sur toi, je tombe et je m’abats,
Mais à peine abattu sur le sépulcre bas,
Dont la close étendue aux cendres me convie,
Cette mort apparente en qui revient la vie,
Frémit, rouvre les yeux, m’illumine et me mord,
Et m’arrache toujours une nouvelle mort
Plus précieuse que la vie.