Je rêvais à ces lignes, comme je me levais, ce matin, et un peu
plus tard--plus tard pour les penser plus longtemps,--je les écrivis.
J'ai du plaisir à écrire de vous, compensation que je me donne quand
m'assiège l'idée que je ne vous verrai de la journée.
Puis, quand c'est fait, je me demande: faut-il mettre cela à la poste?
A quoi bon? Sait-elle pas ce que je pense? Si je ne suis pas un livre
ouvert, suis-je pas, au moins, un livre entr'ouvert?
Mais je pense au plaisir que j'aurais à lire un peu de votre âme mise en
des mots, avec de l'encre indélébile, sur du beau papier, et j'envoie.
--Ainsi soit-il!
13 Juin 1887.
{~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH
TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER MU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER PI~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER
MU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
RHO~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~} {~GREEK
SMALL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS~}, {~GREEK SMALL LETTER MU~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER OMEGA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER PI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH
TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA~}{~GREEK
SMALL LETTER NU~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA
WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK
SMALL LETTER NU~}, {~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
UPSILON WITH TONOS~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK
SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER ETA WITH TONOS~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
ALPHA WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER
MU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~}{~GREEK
SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER
KAPPA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH
TONOS~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH
TONOS~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER MU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH
TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK
SMALL LETTER NU~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
UPSILON WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK
SMALL LETTER IOTA~}. (Anthol., v, amator 91.)
Je t'envoie ces parfums--ces vers pleins de parfums--; à toi qui
parfumes les parfums.
'{~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER MU~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
EPSILON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL
SIGMA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA~}'{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH
TONOS~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK
SMALL LETTER LAMDA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER NU~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
THETA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER
NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER
DELTA~}'{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER
PHI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER MU~}{~GREEK SMALL
LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}. (IB., 94.)
Demi-Dieu celui qui te donne un baiser; Dieu celui auquel tu le rends.