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by Edouard Turquety (1807 - 1867)

Solitude
Language: French (Français) 
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La primevère mourante
Aspirait la brise errante,
Et le printemps de retour
Berçait d'un souffle de rose 
Le nid où l'oiseau repose,
Quand je vins rêver d'amour :

Et l'image accoutumée 
De ma jeune bien-aimée, 
Aussi belle qu'un beau jour,
Glissait, comme une ombre douce,
Parmi les fleurs et la mousse,
Quand je vins rêver d'amour.

Adieu ville aux bruits sans nombre !
La campagne fraîche et sombre,
Voilà mon dernier séjour ;
Pauvre oiseau de la vallée,
Je reviens chercher l'allée 
Qui me fait rêver d'amour.

Note: The poem is headed by the following epigraph:

N'ai-je pas entendu de célestes concerts,
Des bruits harmonieux qui flottaient dans les airs,
La voix de l'esprit des déserts?
     -CHARLES NODIER


Text Authorship:

  • by Edouard Turquety (1807 - 1867), "Solitude", appears in Esquisses poétiques [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 Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Solitude", VWV 1044 (1843), published 1850 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Mélodies, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-30
Line count: 18
Word count: 84

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