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by Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766 - 1834)

Le Colimaçon
Language: French (Français) 
Sans amis, comme sans famille,
Ici-bas vivre en étranger ;
Se retirer dans sa coquille
Au signal du moindre danger ;
S'aimer d'une amitié sans bornes ;
De soi seul emplir sa maison ;
En sortir, suivant la saison,
Pour faire à son prochain les cornes ;
Signaler ses pas destructeurs
Par les traces les plus impures ;
Outrager les plus tendres fleurs
Par ses baisers ou ses morsures ;
Enfin, chez soi, comme en prison,
Vieillir de jour en jour plus triste,
C'est l'histoire de l'égoïste,
Et celle du colimaçon.

Confirmed with Elisabeth Celnart, Choix d'anecdotes anciennes et modernes, Tome I, Paris: Roret, 1828, Page 206.


Text Authorship:

  • by Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766 - 1834), "Le Colimaçon", appears in Œuvres de A.V. Arnault, in Fables et poésies diverses [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 Marcel Trémois (1891 - 1974), "Le Colimaçon", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies, 1er recueil, no. 3, Éd. Salabert [sung text not yet checked]

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