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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Bon pied, bon œil, or je ne les ai plus
Language: French (Français) 
Bon pied, bon œil, or je ne les ai plus,
Puisque je rampe en vertu d’une arthrite,
Et que je vois si peu, grâce à l’invite
De verres à me trahir résolus ;

Mon estomac, jadis divin et plus,
Plonge, — depuis quand donc ? — dans la pituite
Pour n’en jamais, même sans nulle cuite,
S’en tirer que par ô quels trucs fallus !

Le Dé-cou-ra-ge-ment, enfin ! commence
À m’envahir très sérieusement :
Ce serait fait pour s’ennuyer vraiment,

Si je n’avais eu cette chance immense,
En ce malheur triplement réussi,
De devenir biblio-chose aussi !

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Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Biblio-Sonnets, Paris, Henri Floury, 1913, pages 41-42. Note: first published in La Revue biblio-iconograhique, December 28, 1895.


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Pauca mihi", written 1895, appears in Biblio-Sonnets, first published 1895 [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 Christophe Arfan (b. 1987), "Bibliochose", 2014 [ high voice and piano ], from Biblio-Sonnets, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-02-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 92

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