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Ces liens d'or, ceste bouche vermeille, Pleine de lis, de roses et d'oeillets, Et ces [sourcis deux croissans nouvelets]1, Et ceste joue a l'Aurore pareille : Ces mains, ce col, ce front, et ceste oreille, Et de ce sein les boutons verdelets Et de ces yeux les astres jumelets, Qui font trembler les ames de merveille, Firent nicher Amour dedans mon sein, Qui gros de germe avoit le ventre plein D'oeufs non formez et de glaires nouvelles, Et, lui couvant -- qui de mon cueur jouit Neuf mois entiers -- en un jour m'eclouit Milles amoureaux chargez de traits et d'aisles
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View text without footnotes1 Bertrand: "couraux doublement vermeillets"
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Ces liens d’or, ceste bouche vermeille", 1576, published 1578 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 1, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website: 2014-10-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 100
These bonds of gold, these crimson lips, Filled with lilies, roses and pinks, And these [eyebrows, like two new moons]1, And this cheek, equal to the rosy Dawn: These hands, this neck, this brow, this ear, And the blooming buds on this breast, And the twin stars of these eyes Which make men’s souls tremble with wonder - These have brought Love to nest in my breast Who, large with seed, has a belly full Of unformed eggs and egg-white ready And, brooding them in it – at which my heart rejoices For nine whole months – in a single day hatches for me A thousand loves, armed with darts and wings.
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View text without footnotes1 Bertrand: "corals doubly-crimsoned"
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title
This text was added to the website: 2014-10-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 113