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by Rodolphe Darzens (1865 - 1938)

Par ces soirs blancs de calme autant que...
Language: French (Français) 
Par ces soirs blancs de calme autant que de clartés 
Je veux rêver d’oiseaux funèbres et d’eau pure 
Où leurs passages, pour toujours, sont reflétés : 

Car voici que, là-bas, l’éternelle verdure 
Des vieux espoirs — forêt prochaine de sapins ! — 
Me promet le repos avec la paix future.

Puis, je sais que les deuils extérieurs et vains 
Ne valent pas la vision sans violence 
Que mes yeux clos contemplent en ces soirs divins :

Des cygnes noirs glissant sur un lac de silence.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Anthologie des poètes français du XIXème siècle. **** 1852 à 1866, Alphonse Lemerre, éditeur, 1888.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rodolphe Darzens (1865 - 1938), "Cygnes" [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 Auguste Chapuis (1858 - 1933), "Des cygnes", 1895, published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes d'amour, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-09-10
Line count: 10
Word count: 82

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