Dans cette région, les lits des torrents sont tapissés de tant de fleurs violettes, que l'on croit voir couler toujours l’eau bleue de la montagne, et les yeux clairs des femmes sont tellement chargés d’énigmes, que l’on ne sait jamais si leur cœur vous a répondu.
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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des caresses, H. Piazza, Paris : 1921, p.98
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Les Persanes" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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