by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
La déesse
Language: French (Français)
Au midi vide qui dort combien de fois elle passe, sans laisser à la terrasse le moindre soupçon d'un corps. Mais si la nature la sent, l'habitude de l'invisible rend une clarté terrible à son doux contour apparent.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "La déesse", appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 28 [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 Bruno Gousset (b. 1958), "La déesse", op. 21 no. 9 (1986) [ medium voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by André-François Marescotti (1902 - 1995), "La Déesse", published 1947 [ high voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 3, Éd. Jean Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "La déesse", op. 65 (Neuf mélodies) no. 1 (1973) [sung text checked 1 time]
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