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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Opportet hæreses esse
Language: French (Français) 
Opportet hæreses esse.
Car il faut, en effet, encore,
Que notre foi, donc, s'édulcore
Opportet hæreses esse.
 
II fallait quelque humilité,
Ma Foi qui poses et grimaces,
Afin que tu t'édulcorasses ;
Et l'hérésiarque entêté

T'a tenté, ne nous dis pas non,
Jusque vers les pires péchés,
T'entraînant du doute impur chez
Le Diable l'ouvrant son fanon.

Or maintenant, courage ! assez
De larmes sur l'erreur d'un jour,
Songe au pardon du Dieu d'amour.
Opportet hæreses esse.

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Opportet hæreses esse", appears in Liturgies intimes, no. 23, first published 1892 [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 Dom Josef Kreps (1886 - 1965), "Opportet hæreses esse", 1941-2 [ voice and piano ], from Plains-chants pour les Liturgies intimes de Paul Verlaine, no. 23, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

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