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I have a rendez-vous with death
Poème d'Alan Seeger, légionnaire mort au combat le 4 juillet 1916

I have a rendezvous with Death

At some disputed barricade,

When Spring comes back with rustling shade

And apple blossoms fill the air--

I have a rendezvous with Death

When Spring brings back blue days and fair.

It may be he shall take my hand,

And lead me into his dark land,

And close my eyes and quench my breath--

It may be I shall pass him still.

I have a rendezvous with Death

On some scarred slope of battered hill,

When Spring comes round again this year

And the first meadow flowers appear.

God knows 'twere better to be deep

Pillowed in silk and scented down,

Where Love throbs out in blissful sleep,

Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath,

Where hushed awakenings are dear . . .

But I've a rendezvous with Death

At midnight in some flaming town,

When Spring trips north again this year;

And I to my pledged word am true,

I shall not fail that rendezvous.

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Texte de Pascal Bonetti

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14 juillet : La Légion défile sur les Champs-Elysées

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