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by Léon Dierx (1838 - 1912)

Les Sylphes
 (Sung text for setting by B. Godard)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
 ... 

Éveillez-vous dans la prairie,
Elfes légers, sylphes joyeux ;
Vous couronnant d'herbe fleurie.
Voltigez gaîment sous les cieux,
Balançant vos corps gracieux.
Au fond des bois, dans les fontaines,
Tournoyez, willis, les mains pleines
De bleuets et de marjolaines ;
Beaux rêves qu'on ne peut saisir,
Allons, c'est l'heure du plaisir !

Composition:

    Set to music by Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Les Sylphes", op. 8 no. 12, published 1868, stanza 2 [ voice and piano ], from Douze morceaux pour chant et piano, 2me série, no. 12, Paris : G. Flaxland

Text Authorship:

  • by Léon Dierx (1838 - 1912), "La Lune", appears in Aspirations, poésies, first published 1858

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