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by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)

Le temps, l'étendue et le nombre
Language: French (Français) 
Le temps, l'étendue et le nombre
Sont tombés du noir firmament
Dans la mer immobile et sombre
Suaire de silence et d'ombre,
La nuit efface entièrement
Le temps, l'étendue et le nombre
Tel qu'un lourd et muet décombre,
L'esprit plonge au vide dormant
Dans la mer immobile et sombre.
En lui-même, avec lui tout sombre,
Souvenir, rêve, sentiment,
Le temps, l'étendue et le nombre,
Dans la mer immobil et sombre.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Villanelle", appears in Poèmes tragiques, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1884 [author's text not yet checked 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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Villanelle", op. 21 no. 1 (1900-1) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Le temps, l'étendue et le nombre", published 1901 [ high voice and piano ], from Poèmes du silence - vibrations musicales - 1ère série, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1894 - 1976), "Villanelle", published 1945 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq poèmes pour chant et piano, no. 1, Paris, Éd. A la Flûte de Pan [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 70

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