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by Georges Rodenbach (1855 - 1898)

L'eau houleuse du port est sans mirage...
Language: French (Français) 
L'eau houleuse du port est sans mirage aucun.
Mais dans le somnolent dimanche, il suffit qu'un
Souffle d'air passe au fil du bassin qui repose
Pour propager le vert reflet des peupliers,
Quand se crispe en frissons de moire l'eau morose...
C'est ainsi que la cloche aux glas multipliés
Dans l'Âme du dimanche, où toute rumeur cesse,
Agrandit longuement des cercles de tristesse.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Georges Rodenbach (1855 - 1898), no title, written 1891?, appears in Le Règne du Silence, Poème, in 4. Cloches du dimanche, no. 18, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891 [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 Pierre Giriat (1886 - 1979), "L'Eau houleuse du port" [ voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 63

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