“I fall back
dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red,
At having, I myself, caused the sun to rise.”

—  Edmond Rostand, Chantecler

Je recule
Ébloui de me voir moi même tout vermeil
Et d’avoir, moi, le coq, fait élever le soleil.
Act II, Sc. 3
Chantecler (1910)

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