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Longtemps ! toujours ! ma main dans ta crinière lourde
Sèmera le rubis, la perle et le saphir,
Afin qu’à mon désir tu ne sois jamais sourde !
N’es-tu pas l’oasis où je rêve, et la gourde
Où je hume à longs traits le vin du souvenir ?
Confirmed with Charles Baudelaire, Spleen et idéal, in: Les Fleurs du mal, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1861, p.55
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "La Chevelure"
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Word count: 268
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For ever I will scatter in each strand,
That thou may'st never turn deaf ears to me,
Rubies, pearls, sapphires with a lavish hand. . . .
Thou art the well-spring in a desert land
Wherefrom I quaff deep draughts of memory.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Lori Laitman (b. 1955), "My Hand Forever", 2005/2017, stanza 7 [ soprano and piano ], from River of horses, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by John Collings Squire, Sir (1884 - 1958), as Jack Collings Squire, "La Chevelure", first published 1909
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "La Chevelure"
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-09-15
Line count: 35
Word count: 267