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by Philippe Quinault (1635 - 1688)

O mort! venez finir mon destin...
Language: French (Français) 
O mort! venez finir mon destin déplorable.
Ma rivale jouit d'un sort trop favorable,
Et je souffrirois trop, si je ne mourois pas.
Son bonheur m'a rendu le jour insupportable;
La nuit affreuse du trépas
Ma paroit moins épouvantable.
O mort! venez finir mon destin déporable.
Hélas! funeste mort, hélas!
Pour les coeurs fortunés vous êtes effroyable;
Mais vos horreurs ont des appas
Pour un coeur que l'amour a rendu misérable.
O mort! venez finir mon destin déplorable.

Text Authorship:

  • by Philippe Quinault (1635 - 1688) [author's text not yet checked 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 Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687), "O mort! venez finir mon destin déplorable", LWV 60 (1682), first performed 1682, from opera Persée [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 78

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