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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

La douce nuit vers elle est venue
Language: French (Français) 
La douce nuit vers elle est venue,
Et dans le sommeil de ses yeux
Les étoiles sont apparues.

Aucune autre humaine pensée
Que ce rayonnement des cieux,
En son rêve n'est descendue.

Comme une prière exaucée,
Souriante, heureuse, bercée,
Elle s'est endormie en Dieu.

Son souffle s'apaise peu à peu,
Mais les étoiles continuent
A briller dans son rêve bleu.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, written 1903, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 2. La Tentation, Paris, Édition du Mercure de France, first published 1904 [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 Paul Lacombe (1837 - 1927), "La douce nuit vers elle est venue", op. 132 no. 1 (1907), published [1909] [ high voice and piano ], from La chanson d'Ève, no. 1, Éd. F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-09-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

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