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by Juste Olivier (1807 - 1876)

La reine des prés
Language: French (Français) 
C'est bien une reine,
Nul ne dira non,
Elle en a le nom,
La beauté sereine.

Elle a les abeilles
Pour dames de cour,
Chacune à son tour
Et toutes pareilles.

Point d'autre flatteur
Que la brise émue ;
Elle salue
Sans air de hauteur.

Son heureux empire,
Ce sont les prés verts,
Les taillis couverts,
Le flot qui soupire.

Fleur parmi les fleurs,
Nulle qui la craigne,
Nulle à qui son règne
Ait couté des pleurs !

Telle est cette reine
Aux cheveux dorés,
La reine des prés,
Des prés souveraine !

Text Authorship:

  • by Juste Olivier (1807 - 1876) [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 Théodore Weckerlin (1821 - 1910), "La reine des prés", subtitle: "Valse chantée", published [1877] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-10-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 90

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