Elle s’était endormie dans mes bras.
Pour la protéger contre la fraicheur de la nuit,
j’avais doucement étalé ses cheveux sur ses seins.
Dans l'herbe, autour de nous, les insectes reprenaient un à un leur musique.
A cette heure, des mères berçaient aussi leur petite fille...
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• A. Bonhomme
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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des caresses, Paris: L'Édition d'Art H. Piazza, 1921, Page 35.
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She had fallen asleep in my arms.
To protect her from the chill of the night,
I had gently spread her hair over her breasts.
In the grass around us, the insects one by one resumed their music.
At that hour, mothers were also rocking their little daughter...
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• A. Bonhomme