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by François de Malherbe (1555 - 1628)

Ils s'en vont, ces rois de ma vie
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Language: French (Français) 
Ils s'en vont, ces rois de ma vie,
  Ces yeux, ces beaux yeux,
Dont l'éclat fait pâlir d'envie
  Ceux même des cieux.
Dieux amis de l'innocence,
Qu'ai-je fait pour mériter
Les ennuis où cette absence 
  Me va précipiter ?

Elle s'en va cette merveille,
  Pour qui nuit et jour,
Quoi que la raison me conseille,
  Je brûle d'amour,
Dieux amis, etc.

En quel effroi de solitude
  Assez écarté,
Mettrai-je mon inquiétude
  En sa liberté ?
Dieux amis, etc.

Les affligés ont en leurs peines
  Recours à pleurer,
Mais quand mes yeux seroient fontaines,
  Que puis-je espérer ?
Dieux amis, etc.

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•   A. Boësset •   N. Reber 

N. Reber sets stanzas 1-2, 4

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Malherbe, volume 1, ed. by M. L. Lalanne, Paris: Hachette, 1862, pages 221-222.


Text Authorship:

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

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