Seule ligne ou pourtour la lumière qui tombait du toit s’est arrêtée sur son visage. Il a dormi jusqu’au matin où il est mort et personne n’a pu soupçonner sa présence que le chat qui veille à son chevet et la lune qui le regarde parfois par la lucarne
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Authorship:
- by Pierre Reverdy (1889 - 1960), "Faux rayon", written 1915? [author's text not yet checked 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 André Jolivet (1905 - 1974), "Faux rayon", 1927, published 1994 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-10-07
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