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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

En robe grise et verte avec des ruches
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Language: French (Français) 
En robe grise et verte avec des ruches,
Un jour de Juin que j'étais soucieux,
Elle apparut souriante à mes yeux
Qui l'admiraient sans redouter d'embûches;

Elle alla, vint, revint, s'assit, parla, 
Légère et grave, ironique, attendrie,
Et je sentais en mon âme assombrie
Comme un joyeux reflet de tout cela; 

Sa voix, étant de la musique fine,
Accompagnait délicieusement
l'esprit sans fiel de ce babil charmant
Où la gaîté d'un bon coeur se devine.

Aussi soudain fus-je, après le semblant
D'une révolte aussitôt étouffée,
Au plein pouvoir de la petite Fée
Que depuis lors je supplie en tremblant.

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  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 3, first published 1870 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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