Famous Bonheur Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Bonheur poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous bonheur poems. These examples illustrate what a famous bonheur poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Paternal Love

by Victor Hugo
 ("Ma fille! ô seul bonheur.") 
 
 {LE ROI S'AMUSE, Act II} 


 My child! oh, only blessing Heaven allows me! 
 Others have parents, brothers, kinsmen, friends, 
 A wife, a husband, vassals, followers, 
 Ancestors, and allies, or many children. 
 I have but thee, thee only. Some are rich; 
 Thou art my treasure, thou art...Read more of this...

Regret

by Victor Hugo
 ("Oui, le bonheur bien vite a passé.") 
 
 {Bk. V. ii., February, 1821.} 


 Yes, Happiness hath left me soon behind! 
 Alas! we all pursue its steps! and when 
 We've sunk to rest within its arms entwined, 
 Like the Phoenician virgin, wake, and find 
 Ourselves alone again. 
 
 Then, through the distant future's...Read more of this...

Cendre

by Dimitris P Kraniotis
 La cheminée
voulait
mettre un point,
à la proposition
que le chemin
de mes rêves
a collée
sur le mot bonheur,
avec des flammes
du bois mouille
que j’ai ramasse
de mon âme
et que j’avais osé
de le transformer en cendre....Read more of this...

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