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by Isaac de Bensérade (c1613 - 1691)

Bouche à qui convient laide offrande
Language: French (Français) 
Bouche à qui convient laide offrande,
Bouche pernicieux museau.
Bouche livide, palle et grande.
Bouche où s'échappa le ciseau.

Bouche qui boit son vin sans eau.
Bouche que chacun appréhende.
Bouche, bec d'un terrible oiseau.
Bouche il faut bien qu'on te le rende.

Bouche qui ne sent guere bon.
Bouche où les dents sont du charbon.
Bouche, gueule, enfin que m'importe ?

Bouche, te voit-on sans frémir ?
Bouche propre à faire vomir.
Bouche, que le Diable t'emporte.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Isaac de Bensérade (c1613 - 1691), no title, appears in Vingt sonnets sur la beauté et la laideur, in Sonnets sur la laideur, no. 2, first published 1697 [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 Manuel Rosenthal (1904 - 2003), "Sonnet sur la laideur de la bouche", 1941, published 1946 [mixed chorus and piano or orchestra], from Trois burlesques pour chœur mixte et piano, no. 2, Édition Jobert [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 76

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