by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Mon Cœur semblable à une flamme...
Language: French (Français)
Mon Cœur semblable à une flamme renversée Les rois qui meurent tour à tour renaissent au cœur des poètes Dans ce miroir je suis enclos vivant et vrai comme on imagine les anges et non comme sont les reflets
R. Caby sets stanza 3
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Note: the published form of the poem has three shapes formed by the words above: Cœur (heart), couronne (crown), and miroir (mirror). The line breaks above are arbitrary.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Cœur couronne et miroir", written 1914, appears in Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre, in 1. Ondes, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1918 [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 Caby (1905 - 1992), "La page de Calligrammes de Madame Van Lauwe", 1986, stanza 3 [ high voice, flute, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2017-08-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 39