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by Paul Duval (1855 - 1906), as Jean Lorrain

Pleurez la petite Ilse est morte
Language: French (Français) 
Pleurez la petite Ilse est morte. 
On l'a mise en un batelet 
Tendu de drap noir, à l'ourlet 
Brodé d'argent, comme on en porte
A la cour pour le deuil du roi. 

Le cadavre d'Ilse a bien froid. 
Ilse a les deux lèvres gercées
Et les paumes des mains glacées, 
Toute raide en son lit étroit. 

De grands oiseaux dans les ténèbres
Tournoient avec des cris funèbres
Autour du cercueil : un muet

Veille le corps blème et fluet, 
Et la barque entre les deux rives
Glisse et descend à la dérive.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Jean Lorrain, L'ombre ardente. Poésies. Deuxième Mille, Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1879, page 141.


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Duval (1855 - 1906), as Jean Lorrain, "Contes du bord de l'eau. La petite Ilse", appears in L'Ombre ardente, in 2. L'Ombre bleue, no. 17, Paris, Éd. Charpentier et Fasquelle, first published 1897 [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), "La petite Ilse", 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes de Jean Lorrain, no. 3, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-10-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 91

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