by Paul Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920)
Ne crains pas que le temps sçache les...
Language: French (Français)
Ne crains pas que le temps sçache les cieux briser ; ni qu’en ses mains varient les fleurs ou les empires. Rien ne change. Le même lys tu le respires qu’autrefois Cléopâtre, − et le même baiser.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920), no title, written 1911, appears in Les Contrerimes, in Coples, no. 65, Paris, Éd. Emile-Paul, first published 1921 [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 Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900 - 1936), "La sagesse", 1927, published 1929 [medium voice and piano or orchestra], from Cinq poèmes de P. J. Toulet, no. 5, Éd. Durand [ sung text not verified ]
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