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by Adélaïde-Gillette Billet (1765 - 1825), as Adélaïde Dufrénoy

C'est trop en des vœux superflus
Language: French (Français) 
C'est trop en des vœux superflus
Perdre les jours de mon bel âge ;
C'est trop par des soins assidus
D'un ingrat mendier l'hommage :
Dès ce moment ne l'aimons plus ;
C'est le seul parti qui soit sage.
Mais ce soir en secret il demande à me voir…
Son cœur peut-être a su m'entendre ;
Peut-être que ce soir l'entretien sera tendre…
Aimons l'ingrat jusqu’à ce soir.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Adélaïde-Gillette Billet (1765 - 1825), as Adélaïde Dufrénoy, "Le Répit" [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 Jean-Michel Damase (1928 - 2013), "C'est trop en des vœux superflus", published 2004 [ high voice and harp ], from Épigrammes et Madrigaux, no. 7, Éd. Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 64

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