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by Léon Advier

Menuet
Language: French (Français) 
Belle marquise, ah ! si parfois je rêve,
Ce n'est qu'à vous;
Fût-il jamais ici-bas fille d'Eve
Semblable à vous?
Dépuis longtemps à vos dédains ma flamme
Sait résister;
Mais j'ai besoin d'un sourire de femme
Pour exister.

Si j'ai souvent égaré mes hommages
Bien loin de vous
N'accusez pas de ces galants outrages
D'autres que vous.
Un mot charmant sur mes lèvres se presse
Un mot bien doux...
Ah! laissez-moi le répéter sans cesse
À vos genoux!

Text Authorship:

  • by Léon Advier , an imitation of an 18th-century style [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 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Menuet", op. 24 no. 3 [medium voice and piano], from Nouvelles chansons du vieux temps, no. 3, Éd. Louis Gregh [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-08-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

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