Whitman, Walt

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</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>O Moi ! O la vie !</B></div> <bR> <div> O moi ! O la vie ! Les questions sur ces sujets qui me hantent,</div> <div> Les cortèges sans fin d'incroyants, les villes peuplées de sots,</div> <div> Moi-meme qui constamment me fais des reproches, (car qui est plus sot que moi et qui plus incroyant ?)</div> <div> Les yeux qui vainement réclament la lumière, les buts méprisables, la lutte sans cesse recommencée,</div> <div> Les pitoyables résultats de tout cela, les foules harassées et sordides que je vois autour de moi,</div> <div> Les années vides et inutiles de la vie des autres, des autres à qui je suis indissolublement lié,</div> <div> La question, O moi ! si triste et qui me hante - qu'y a-t-il de bon dans tout cela, O moi, O la vie ?</div> <bR> <div> Réponse:</div> <div> Que tu es ici - que la vie existe et l'identité,</div> <div> Que le puissant spectacle se poursuit et que tu peux y apporter tes vers.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>