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by Philippe Desportes (1545 - 1606)

Du bel œil de Diane est ma flamme...
Language: French (Français) 
Du bel œil de Diane est ma flamme empruntée,
En ses nœux blonds dorez mon cœur est arresté, 
Sa main victorieuse a pris ma liberté,
Et sa douce parole a mon ame enchantée.
  Son œil rend la splendeur des astres surmontée, 
Ses cheveux du soleil ternissent la beauté, 
Sa main passe l'yvoire, et la divinité
De ses sages discours à bon droit est vantée.
  Son bel œil me ravit, son poil doré me tient,
La rigueur de sa main mes douleurs entretient, 
Et par son doux parler je sens croistre ma flame.
  Ainsi tourne ma vie, et n'ai plus de repos
Depuis l'heure qu'amour m'engrava dedans l'ame 
Son œil, son poil, sa main, et ses divins propos. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Philippe Desportes (1545 - 1606), no title, appears in Diane: Premieres Amours de Ph. Desportes, Livre I, no. 11 [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 Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Des beaux yeux de ma Diane", op. 45 no. 13, from 18 sonnets et chansons de Philippe Desportes, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 119

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