by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)
Où vivre ? Dans quelle ombre
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Language: French (Français)
Où vivre ? Dans quelle ombre Étouffer mon ennui ? Ma tristesse est plus sombre Que la nuit. Où mourir ? Sous quelle onde Noyer mon deuil amer ? Ma peine est plus profonde Que la mer. Où fuir ? De quelle sorte Égorger mon remord ? Ma douleur est plus forte Que la mort.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Les caresses, Nouvelle Édition, Paris, G. Charpentier, [no date], page 249.
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- by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), no title, written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 4. Nivôse, no. 18, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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