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by Émile Pouvillon (1840 - 1906)

La Vierge a quitté sa maison en or
Language: French (Français) 
La Vierge a quitté sa maison en or,
Son château du ciel et sa tour d’ivoire ;
Pour nous visiter – Oh ! douceur d’y croire !
La Vierge a quitté son enfant qui dort.

Pieds nus, toute en blanc, dans la grotte noire,
La Vierge est venue, et le printemps mort
Soudain refleurit, et du rocher, sort
L’eau du miracle où les âmes vont boire.

Âmes justes et vous, lis ingénus,
La Vierge vous cueille au hasard des branches
Puis, au pays des éternels dimanches,

Elle vous porte, en sa robe cousus :
Moisson de lis blancs, moisson d’âmes blanches,
Ce sont les jouets de l’enfant jésus !

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First published in La revue hebdomadaire, Volume 3, no. 25, 1894.


Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Pouvillon (1840 - 1906), no title, appears in Bernadette de Lourdes, first published 1894 [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 Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Bernadette", 1894, published <<1913 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], Éd. E. Baudoux & Cie [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 104

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