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by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Molière

Brisez les tristes fers du honteux...
Language: French (Français) 
Brisez les tristes fers du honteux esclavage
Où vous tient du péché le commerce odieux,
Et venez recevoir le glorieux servage
Que vous tendent les mains de la Reine des Cieux.

L'un sur vous à vos sens donne pleine victoire,
L'autre sur vos désirs vous fait régner en rois;
L'un vous tire aux Enfers et l'autre dans la gloire.
Hélas! peut-on, Mortels, balancer sur ce choix ?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Molière, "La confrérie de l'esclavage de Notre Dame de la Charité" [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), "Cantique de Molière", 1922, published 1924 [ high voice and piano or organ ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & 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: 8
Word count: 66

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