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Noel.

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: classic

Envoye A M. Agassiz, La Veille De Noel 1864, Avec Un Panier De Vins Divers     L'Academie en respect,     Nonobstant l'incorrection     A la faveur du sujet,          Ture-lure,     N'y fera point de rature;     Noel! ture-lure-lure.                 -- Gui Barozai     Quand les astres de Noel     Brillaient, palpitaient au ciel,     Six gaillards, et chacun ivre,     Chantaient gaiment dans le givre,          "Bons amis,     Allons donc chez Agassiz!"     Ces illustres Pelerins     D'Outre-Mer adroits et fins,     Se donnant des airs de pretre,     A l'envi se vantaient d'etre          "Bons amis,     De Jean Rudolphe Agassiz!"     Oeil-de-Perdrix, grand farceur,     Sans reproche et sans pudeur,     Dans son patois de Bourgogne,     Bredouillait comme un ivrogne,          "Bons amis,     J'ai danse chez Agassiz!"     Verzenay le Champenois,     Bon Francais, point New-Yorquois,     Mais des environs d'Avize,     Fredonne a mainte reprise,          "Bons amis,     J'ai chante chez Agassiz!"     A cote marchait un vieux     Hidalgo, mais non mousseux;     Dans le temps de Charlemagne     Fut son pere Grand d'Espagne!          "Bons amis,     J'ai dine chez Agassiz!"     Derriere eux un Bordelais,     Gascon, s'il en fut jamais,     Parfume de poesie     Riait, chantait, plein de vie,          "Bons amis,     J'ai soupe chez Agassiz!"     Avec ce beau cadet roux,     Bras dessus et bras dessous,     Mine altiere et couleur terne,     Vint le Sire de Sauterne;          "Bons amis,     J'ai couche chez Agassiz!"     Mais le dernier de ces preux,     Etait un pauvre Chartreux,     Qui disait, d'un ton robuste,     "Benedictions sur le Juste!          Bons amis,     Benissons Pere Agassiz!"     Ils arrivent trois a trois,     Montent l'escalier de bois     Clopin-clopant! quel gendarme     Peut permettre ce vacarme,          Bons amis,     A la porte d'Agassiz!     "Ouvrer donc, mon bon Seigneur,     Ouvrez vite et n'ayez peur;     Ouvrez, ouvrez, car nous sommes     Gens de bien et gentilshommes,          Bons amis     De la famille Agassiz!"     Chut, ganaches! taisez-vous!     C'en est trop de vos glouglous;     Epargnez aux Philosophes     Vos abominables strophes!          Bons amis,     Respectez mon Agassiz!

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was the most popular American poet of the 19th century. His narrative poems—including "Paul Revere's Ride," "Evangeline," and "The Song of Hiawatha"—made poetry accessible to a mass audience and shaped American cultural identity.

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