by Paul Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920)
Molle rive dont le dessin
Language: French (Français)
Molle rive dont le dessin
Est d'un bras qui se plie,
Colline de brume embellie
Comme se voile un sein,
Filaos au chantant ramage --
Que je meure et, demain,
Vous ne serez plus, si ma main
N'a fixé votre image.
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First published in the revue Les Marges, December 1912
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920), no title, written 1912?, appears in Les Contrerimes, in Contrerimes, no. 45, Paris, Éd. Le Divan, first published 1921 [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), "Molle rive", 1930-37 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les Contrerimes, no. 2, MS [sung text not yet checked]
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