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by Thomas Maisonneuve (1863 - 1935)

Rêverie
Language: French (Français) 
Quand la nuit, un beau songe
        Vient langoureux,
C'est à toi que je songe,
        Amour heureux !
C'est vers toi, bien-aimée,
        Que vont mes vœux
Sur la brise embaumée
        Pleine d'aveux.

Quand le lys vient étendre
        Son surplis blanc,
Je revois ton front tendre
        D'emoi tremblant,
Si l'oiseau des ramures
        Chante au grand bois,
En ses plus clairs murmures 
        Passe ta voix.

Oui, toujours je t'adore
        Du fond du cœur
Et quand le ciel se dore 
        Au jour vainqueur,
C'est pour toi que mon âme
        A tant de chants
Qui vibrent, traits de flamme,
        En sons touchants !

Quand la nuit un beau songe 
        Vient langoureux,
C'est à toi que je songe,
        Amour heureux !
Dans l'étoile dorée
        Au ciel joyeux,
Je crois, mon adorée,
        Voir tes beaux yeux !

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Maisonneuve (1863 - 1935) [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 Jean-Louis Aristide Hignard (1822 - 1897), "Rêverie", published [1884] [ high voice and piano ], from Rimes et mélodies, série III, no. 11, Paris, Éditions Louis Gregh et Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-06
Line count: 32
Word count: 126

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