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by A. Mahot

Fière beauté
Language: French (Français) 
Vous avez la splendeur sereine
Des grandes dames d'autrefois,
Et l'on vous prendrait pour la reine
Des Celtes blonds ou des Gaulois,
Rien qu'à voir l'œillade inhumaine,
Que vos grands yeux lancent parfois,
Et votre démarche hautaine
Et votre lèvre aux plis narquois.
Ah! prenez garde ! Sur la terre
A la fierté l'homme préfère
Le charme exquis de la bonté ;
Et l'on règne mieux sur les âmes,
Par les pardons que par les blâmes,
Par l'amour que par la beauté !

Text Authorship:

  • by A. Mahot  [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 Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Fière beauté", 1893, published 1893, orchestrated 1909 [ low voice and piano or orchestra ], Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-03-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 80

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