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by Henri-Charles Read (1857 - 1876)

Nox alma
Language: French (Français) 
L'heure des baisers, tendre et salutaire,
L'heure de l'amour enfin a sonné ; 
Sur ton char obscur, d'étoiles orné, 
Lentement la Nuit descend sur la terre. 

C'est l'instant charmant et plein de mystère,
Où, de mille feux brillants sillonné,
Le ciel peu à peu s'est illuminé ;
C'est l'heure où l'amant rêve solitaire. 

Tout parle d'amour : on sent voltiger, 
Doux et caressant, un zéphyr léger ; 
La Lune paraît, et sa flamme pâle,

Projetant sur nous son reflet aimé, 
Répand dans la nuit sa clarté d'opale ; 
Et de frais parfums l'air est embaumé !

Confirmed with Poésies de Henri-Charles Read, Quatrième Édition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1897, pages 95-96.


Text Authorship:

  • by Henri-Charles Read (1857 - 1876), "Nox alma", appears in Poésies posthumes de Henri-Charles Read , Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1879 [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 Gustave Bret (1875 - 1969), "Nox alma", <<1901 [medium voice and piano], Éd. Jules Hamelle, ancienne Maison J. Maho [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-10-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 90

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