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by Charles Hubert Millevoye (1782 - 1816)

D'aimer d'amour tu ferais la folie
Language: French (Français) 
« D'aimer d'amour tu ferais la folie, 
Douce amitié vaut mieux qu'amour léger. 
Las ! tôt ou tard un amant vous oublie, 
Mais un ami jamais ne peut changer. » 

Ainsi chantait la jeune et tendre Laure. 
Lysis l'entend sans se décourager ;
Espoir d'amour vient lui sourire encore, 
Car Laure est femme et Laure peut changer. 

D'amitié simple empruntant le langage, 
Sous l'innocence il cacha le danger ; 
Baiser d'amour d'amitié fut le gage ; 
Plus ne restait que les noms à changer.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Les Poëtes français, recueil des chefs-d'oeuvre de la poésie française, Volume 4, Paris, Hachette, 1863, page 134.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Hubert Millevoye (1782 - 1816), "La Résolution" [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 Laure Henriette Crétu (b. 1786), as Laure Henriette Bosquier, "La Résolution", No. 172, published [1818] [ medium voice and piano or harp ], from 6 Romances, paroles de divers auteurs, avec accompagnement de Forté piano ou Harpe, dédiées à Madame la Duchesse de Berry, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Siéber [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges Elbert Migot (1891 - 1976), "Chanson", 1910 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 80

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