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by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969)

Seigneur. Venez à mon secours
Language: French (Français) 
Seigneur. Venez à mon secours,	
Tendez-moi votre main si grande	
Qu'elle est le dôme des amours,	
Des océans, des monts, des landes,	
De l'éternel et de nos jours.	
Tendez-moi, Seigneur, ne serait-ce	
Qu'un de vos doigts pour m'y poser,	
Emmenez-moi me reposer	
Loin de tout ce qui me délaisse	
Et loin de ce que j'ai osé.	
Écartez-moi de la rivière,	
Conduisez-moi sur le chemin	
qui mène au cœur de la prière.	
Tendez-moi votre grande main	
D'ou sort la nuit et la lumière.	
Tout m'est proche et trop lointain,	
Mon cœur est mort, mon âme pleure,	
Le temps ne m'apporte plus d'heures,	
Mes battements se sont éteints	
Sous un pas quittant ma demeure	
J'ai rendu le dernier soupir,	
Seigneur écoutez la prière	
De celui qui voudrait dormir, 
Fermez mes rouges paupières	
Car j'ai grand sommeil de mourir.	

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Later titled "Prière" in L'Alphabet des aveux

Text Authorship:

  • by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Le calme de Nohant", written 1948, appears in Mouvements du cœur [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 Léo Preger (1907 - 1965), "Étude", 1949, published 1949, first performed 1949 [ low voice and piano ], from Mouvements du cœur: Suite de 7 mélodies en hommage à Chopin, no. 5, Édition 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-04-19
Line count: 25
Word count: 136

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