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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Source
Language: French (Français) 
Ni fleurs ni lierre autour, mais seulement un pré,
Et sa maçonnerie était un bloc carré.
S’il est beau d’être bon, il est bon d’être utile :
D’un tuyau de métal, l’eau s’écoulait tranquille.
On n’eut rencontré là ni Daphnis ni Chloé,
Mais les cultivateurs, fiers d’avoir érigé
Ce petit monument à cette source agreste,
Y sculptaient en buvant la grâce de leur gestes.

Confirmed with Francis Jammes, Ma France poétique, Paris: Mercure de France, 1926, Page 194.


Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "Source", appears in Ma France poétique, in 2. Eau, in 1. Sources et fontaines, no. 3 [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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Source", op. 352 no. 6 (1956), published 1956 [ soprano and orchestra or piano ], from Fontaines et sources, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Pathé Marconi [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2020-02-17
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