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by François de Malherbe (1555 - 1628)

Belle âme qui fus mon flambeau
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG GER
Belle âme qui fus mon flambeau,
Reçois l'honneur qu'en ce tombeau
Je suis obligé de te rendre ;
Ce que je fais te sert de peu ;
Mais au moins tu vois en la cendre
Comme j'en conserve le feu.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Poulenc 

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Malherbe, volume 1, ed. by M. L. Lalanne, Paris: Hachette, 1862, page 272.


Text Authorship:

  • by François de Malherbe (1555 - 1628), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 40

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