Belle source, je veux me rappeler sans cesse | Belle source, belle source

by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas

Belle source, belle source

Language: French (Français)

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Belle source, belle source,
Je veux me rappeler sans cesse,
Qu'un jour, guidé par l'amitié 
Ravi, j'ai contemplé ton visage, ô dèesse,
Perdu sous la mou, sous la mousse à moitié.

Que n'est-il demeuré, cet ami que je pleure,
O nymphe, à ton culte attaché,
Pour se mêler encore au souffle qui t'effleure,
Et répondre à ton flot caché?

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Text Authorship:

by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, "Belle source, je veux me rappeler sans cesse", appears in Les Stances, in 6. Stances, sixième livre, Paris, Éd. de la Plume, first published 1901 [author's text not yet checked 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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Air champêtre", FP 46 no. 2 (1927-1928), published 1928-1930 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Airs chantés, no. 2, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]

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