La terre file son chemin Et tourne autour de son idée Mais force champs, villes, A garder l'immobilité. Les nuages passent rapides Inquiets des évasions.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960), "Chemin de ronde", appears in Gravitations, in 3. Le Cœur astrologue, no. 5, Paris, Éd. N.R.F., first published 1925 [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 Robert Siohan (1894 - 1985), "Chemin de ronde", published 1929 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
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