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by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

La Première
Language: French (Français) 
Ce n’est pas qu’elle fût bien belle ;
Mais nous avions tous deux vingt ans,
Et ce jour-là, – je me rappelle, –
Était un matin de printemps.

Ce n’est pas qu’elle eût l’air bien grave ;
Mais je jure ici que jamais
]e n’ai rien osé de plus brave
Que de lui dire que j’aimais.


Ce n’est pas qu’elle eût le cœur tendre ;
Mais c’était si délicieux
De lui parler et de l’entendre
Que les pleurs me venaient aux yeux.

Ce n’est pas qu’elle eût l’âme dure ;
Mais pourtant elle m’a quitté,
Et, depuis, ma tristesse dure,
Et c’est pour une éternité.

Confirmed with Le Cahier rouge, in Œuvres complètes de François Coppée, Librairie L. Hébert, 1892, Poésies, tome II (p. 93-94).


Text Authorship:

  • by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "La Première", written 1874, appears in Le cahier rouge, no. 36, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1874 [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 Antoine Banès (1856 - 1924), "La Première", published [1881] [ high voice and piano ], from 12 Mélodies, no. 7, Paris, Éd Félix Mackar [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ika Peyron (1845 - 1922), "La Première" [ voice and piano ], from Quatre poèmes lyriques de François Coppé, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "La Première", op. 77 [ voice and piano ], A. Quinzard [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alfred Yung , "La Première", op. 110, published [1885] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 101

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