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by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699)

O mont de Sinaï, conserve la mémoire
Language: French (Français) 
Une autre. 
O mont de Sinaï, conserve la mémoire 
De ce jour à jamais auguste et renommé, 

Quand sur ton sommet enflammé, 
Dans un nuage épais le Seigneur enfermé 
Fit luire aux yeux mortels un rayon de sa gloire : 

Dis-nous pourquoi ces feux et ces éclairs, 
Ces torrens de fumée, et ce bruit dans les airs, 

Ces trompettes et ce tonnerre : 
Venait-il renverser l'ordre des élémens ? 

Sur ses antiques fondemens 
Venait-il ébranler la terre ? 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with M. Le Page, Petit Musée de Litterature française. Gems of French Literature, in Prose and Verse, London: Virtue Brothers & Co., 1864, page 173.


Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699), no title, appears in Athalie, Act I, Scene 4 [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 Lefebvre (1843 - 1917), "Invocation", published [1900] [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt Mélodies en trois volumes, no. 10, Paris, Éd. A. Noël [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-02-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

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