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Synopsis
Excerpt from La Poesie Francaise au Canada: Precedee d'un Article de Revue Historique sur la Litterature Canadienne-Francaise
A M. Louis Tache,
pour servir d'introduction a son
Recueil de Poesies Canadiennes.
Dans notre lande inculte, ami, comme l'abeille,
Butinant, voltigeant, vous avez ca et la
Cueilli des boutons d'or, et vous dites: Voila
De ravissants bouquets: j'en ai plein ma corbeille
Que vous disiez vrai nul plus que moi ne brula.
Mais mon enthousiasme avec lenteur s'eveille;
Car pour que de nos jours le monde s'emerveille
Il faut faire a ses yeux briller plus que cela.
N'importe aux champs qu'un ciel exotique illumine
S'etalent trop souvent des fleurs dont l'etamine
Recele des odeurs pleines de trahison.
Nos parterres a nous, n'ont que d'humbles fleurettes,
Violettes d'azur ou blanches paquerettes;
Mais leurs fauves parfums sont purs de tout poison.
Louis Frechette.
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Synopsis
Excerpt from La Poesie Francaise au Canada: Precedee d'un Article de Revue Historique sur la Litterature Canadienne-Francaise
A l'origine de toutes les litteratures on trouve les poetes. L'homme cherche instinctivement a exprimer ses plus belles pensees dans le plus beau langage.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.