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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Quoy mon ame, dors tu engourdie en ta...
Language: French (Français) 
Quoy mon ame, dors tu engourdie en ta masse ?
La trompette a sonné, serre bagage, et va
Le chemin deserté que Jesuchrist trouva,
Quand tout mouillé de sang racheta nostre race.

C’est un chemin facheux borné de peu d’espace,
Tracé de peu de gens que la ronce pava,
Où le chardon poignant ses testes esleva,
Pren courage pourtant, et ne quitte la place.

N’appose point la main à la mansine, apres
Pour ficher ta charue au milieu des guerets,
Retournant coup sur coup en arriere ta vüe :

Il ne faut commencer, ou du tout s’emploier,
Il ne faut point mener, puis laisser la charue.
Qui laisse son mestier, n’est digne du loier.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Pièces posthumes, Les derniers vers [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 Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906 - 1994), "Quoy ! Mon âme, dors-tu engourdie", 1965 [ baritone and piano ], from Quatre Sonnets de Ronsard (sur sa fin) pour baryton et piano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 112

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