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by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869)

Pourquoi sous tes cheveux me cacher ton...
Language: French (Français) 
Pourquoi sous tes cheveux me cacher ton visage ?
Laisse mes doigts jaloux écarter ce nuage :
Rougis-tu d'être belle, ô charme de mes yeux ?
L'aurore, ainsi que toi, de ses roses s'ombrage.
Pudeur ! honte céleste ! instinct mystérieux,
Ce qui brille le plus se voile davantage ;
Comme si la beauté, cette divine image,
N'était faite que pour les cieux !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), no title, appears in Nouvelles méditations poétiques, in 3. Chant d'Amour, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-04-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 58

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