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by Pauline Mary Tarn (1877 - 1909), as Renée Vivien

Sanctuaire d'Asie
Language: French (Français) 
J'abriterai dans un sanctuaire d'Asie
Mon éternel besoin d'ombre et de poésie.
Là-bas, guettant, les mille et trois Dieux aux pieds d'or,
Des prêtres, jour et nuit, veillent sur leur trésor.

Oui, désespérément, je fixe mon exode
Vers ce refuge énorme et sombre de pagode,
Où, dressant vers le ciel les lotus léthéens,
Les étangs d'or dorment leurs sommeils paludéens.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pauline Mary Tarn (1877 - 1909), as Renée Vivien, "Sanctuaire d'Asie", written 1908, appears in Dans un coin de violettes, no. 19, Paris, Éd. E. Sansot, first published 1910 [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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Sanctuaire d'Asie", op. 20 no. 4 (1919), published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dans un coin de violettes, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-09-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 60

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