by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)
Le Pardon de l'injure
Language: French (Français)
Lis si beau dont la robe est d'une pure cire, Un insecte s'acharne à te donner la mort ; Mais tel que le poète en secouant sa lyre Ton cœur sur l'ennemi sème une poudre d'or.
Confirmed with Francis Jammes, Le Premier livre de quatrains, Mercure de France, 1923, Page 21.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "Le Pardon de l'injure", written 1923-5, appears in Les livres des quatrains, in 1. Premier Livre, no. 13 [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 Jean Apothéloz (1900 - 1965), "Le Pardon de l'injure", 1943 [ medium voice and piano ], from Au Jardin de Francis Jammes, no. 5, MS [sung text not yet checked]
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