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by Émile Souvestre (1806 - 1854)

À Elle
Language: French (Français) 
Oh viens auprès de moi jeune ange d'innocence 
Viens que ton bien aimé te contemple en silence 
               Comme on contemple le bonheur 
Laisse dans mes deux mains tomber ta main charmante 
Détache de ton sein cette rose mourante 
               Elle séchera sur mon cœur 

Confirmed with Emile Souvestre, La lune de miel, Paris : Michel Lévy Frères, 1861, p.163. The poem is preceded by the following epigraph:

Quelle amertume extrême 
Résiste au doux souris d'une vierge qu'on aime 
   André CHÉNIER 


Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Souvestre (1806 - 1854), "À Elle", appears in La lune de miel [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 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "À Elle", op. 7 no. 8, published 1868 [ voice and piano ], from 12 morceaux pour chant et piano, 1re série, no. 8, Paris : G. Flaxland [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-05-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 43

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