Apollo
 [Et vous, compagnons du printemps
 Zéphyrs]1, par qui les fleurs renaissent tous les ans
 Embellissez ces bords de leurs grâces naïves ;
 Ramenez ici les beaux jours
 Doux Zéphire, invitez à danser sur ces rives	
 Flore et la mère des Amours.

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¹ Saint-Saëns: "Zéphyrs, compagnons du printemps"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

• by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), no title, written 1691, appears in Astrée [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 Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Le printemps" [ two-part chorus and piano ], Éd. Durand & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]

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