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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

Nymphes, mêlez vos plus vermeilles roses
Language: French (Français) 
Nymphes, mêlez vos plus vermeilles roses
Parmi la blancheur des lys renaissants.
Cueillez les plus belles choses
Entre vos fleurs écloses,
Formez des bouquets odorants,
Glanez en vos prés verdissants,
Venez, le printemps a banni les jours moroses.
Et toi, l’honneur du terrestre séjour,
Astre divin, soleil, flambeau du jour,
Peins en mille fleurs, en mille autres encor
Le rêve de mon cœur, et qu’on y puisse lire
Ce nom que j’adore et n’ose pas dire.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560) [author's text not yet checked 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 Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Nymphes, mêlez vos plus vermeilles roses", op. 48 no. 2 (1866) [ voice and piano ], from La Pléiade Française, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-03-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 76

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