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by Alfred Victor de Vigny, Comte (1797 - 1863)

La neige
 (Sung text for setting by A. Flégier)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Qu’il est doux, qu’il est doux d’écouter des histoires,
Des histoires du temps passé,
Quand les branches d’arbres sont noires,
Quand la neige est épaisse et charge un sol glacé !

 ... 

Ils sont petits et seuls, ces deux pieds dans la neige.
Derrière les vitraux dont l’azur le protège,
Le Roi pourtant regarde et voudrait ne pas voir,
Car il craint sa colère et surtout son pouvoir.

 ... 

Est-ce vous, blanche Emma, princesse de la Gaule ?
Quel amoureux fardeau pèse à sa jeune épaule ?
C’est le page Eginard, qu’à ses genoux le jour
Surprit, ne dormant pas, dans la secrète tour.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ange Flégier (1846 - 1927), "La neige", subtitle: "Poëme dramatique", published [1893], stanzas 1,3,6 [ low voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 8, Éd. Émile Gallet; confirmed with a CD booklet

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Victor de Vigny, Comte (1797 - 1863), no title, written 1826, appears in Poèmes antiques et modernes, in 5. La neige, no. 1, Paris, Éd. U. Canel, first published 1826

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