{"id":2550,"date":"2015-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/19\/chaque-annee-la-france-faisait-present-a-cet\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:15:20","slug":"chaque-annee-la-france-faisait-present-a-cet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/chaque-annee-la-france-faisait-present-a-cet\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab Chaque ann\u00e9e, la France faisait pr\u00e9sent \u00e0 cet&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation citation-small\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/musset_citations.jpg\" alt=\"musset citations\" title=\"musset citations\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" width=\"300\" height=\"350\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"citation citation-small\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Chaque ann\u00e9e, la France faisait pr\u00e9sent \u00e0 cet homme de trois cent mille jeunes gens\u00a0; c\u2019\u00e9tait l\u2019imp\u00f4t pay\u00e9 \u00e0 C\u00e9sar.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/alfred-de-musset\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"surname\">Alfred de <\/span><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">MUSSET<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1810-1857), <cite>La Confession d\u2019un enfant du\u00a0si\u00e8cle<\/cite> (1836)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">\u00ab\u00a0\u2026 Et s\u2019il n\u2019avait ce troupeau derri\u00e8re lui, il ne pouvait suivre sa fortune. C\u2019\u00e9tait l\u2019escorte qu\u2019il lui fallait, pour qu\u2019il p\u00fbt traverser le monde, et s\u2019en aller tomber dans une petite vall\u00e9e d\u2019une \u00eele d\u00e9serte, sous un saule pleureur.\u00a0\u00bb L\u2019histoire finit mal, pour la France exsangue, et pour l\u2019empereur exil\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Mais Musset, l\u2019enfant du si\u00e8cle orphelin de Napol\u00e9on, \u00e9voque aussit\u00f4t apr\u00e8s l\u2019Empire glorieux\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Jamais il n\u2019y eut tant de joie, tant de vie, tant de fanfares guerri\u00e8res dans tous les c\u0153urs. Jamais il n\u2019y eut de soleils si purs que ceux qui s\u00e9ch\u00e8rent tout ce sang. On disait que Dieu les faisait pour cet homme, et on les appelait ses soleils d\u2019Austerlitz.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Je suis venu trop tard dans un monde trop vieux.<br>D\u2019un si\u00e8cle sans espoir na\u00eet un si\u00e8cle sans crainte.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Alfred de <span class=\"caps\">MUSSET<\/span> (1810-1857), <em>Po\u00e9sies nouvelles<\/em>, Rolla (1833)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">L\u2019enfant terrible du romantisme triomphant incarne le mal de vivre de tous les enfants du si\u00e8cle. Mais le d\u00e9sarroi de cette jeunesse dor\u00e9e est plus moral que social.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Nous l\u2019avons eu, votre Rhin allemand,<br>Il a tenu dans notre verre.<br>Un couplet qu\u2019on s\u2019en va chantant<br>Efface-t-il la trace alti\u00e8re<br>Du pied de nos chevaux marqu\u00e9 dans votre sang\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Alfred de <span class=\"caps\">MUSSET<\/span> (1810-1857),<em> Le Rhin allemand<\/em>. R\u00e9ponse \u00e0 la chanson de Becker, 2 juin 1841. Po\u00e8me mis plusieurs fois en musique, notamment en 1866, version la plus populaire, compos\u00e9e par F\u00e9licien <span class=\"caps\">DAVID<\/span> (1810-1876)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">La r\u00e9ponse de Lamartine a paru trop pacifique et id\u00e9aliste au go\u00fbt de son vibrant confr\u00e8re. Et Musset \u00e9crit dans l\u2019\u00e9lan, d\u00e8s le lendemain, des couplets qui rappellent notamment l\u2019\u00e9pop\u00e9e naol\u00e9onienne\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Nous l\u2019avons eu, votre Rhin allemand. \/ Que faisaient vos vertus germaines, \/ Quand notre C\u00e9sar tout-puissant \/ De son ombre couvrait vos plaines\u00a0? [\u2026] Nous l\u2019avons eu, votre Rhin allemand. \/ Si vous oubliez votre histoire, \/ Vos jeunes filles, s\u00fbrement, \/ Ont mieux gard\u00e9 notre m\u00e9moire\u00a0; \/ Elles nous ont vers\u00e9 votre petit vin blanc. [\u2026] Qu\u2019il coule en paix, votre Rhin allemand\u00a0; \/ Que vos cath\u00e9drales gothiques \/ S\u2019y refl\u00e8tent modestement\u00a0; \/ Mais craignez que vos airs bachiques \/ Ne r\u00e9veillent les morts de leur repos sanglant.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Texte qui peut \u00e9tonner, sous la plume de l\u2019 \u00ab\u00a0enfant du si\u00e8cle\u00a0\u00bb, mais ces vers sont \u00e9tonnamment pr\u00e9monitoires du conflit franco-allemand et des trois guerres \u00e0 venir, entre 1870 et 1945.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0Chaque ann\u00e9e, la France faisait pr\u00e9sent \u00e0 cet homme de trois cent mille jeunes gens\u00a0; c&#8217;\u00e9tait l&#8217;imp\u00f4t pay\u00e9 \u00e0 C\u00e9sar.\u00a0\u00bb Alfred de MUSSET (1810-1857), La Confession d&#8217;un enfant du\u00a0si\u00e8cle (1836) \u00ab\u00a0\u2026 Et s&#8217;il n&#8217;avait ce troupeau derri\u00e8re lui, il ne pouvait suivre sa fortune. C&#8217;\u00e9tait l&#8217;escorte qu&#8217;il lui fallait, pour qu&#8217;il p\u00fbt traverser le monde, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":41,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1477],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alfred-de-musset-citation-du-jour-premier-empire-quelques-reperes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions\/2552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}