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by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)

Verre ardent
Language: French (Français) 
Je regarde d’anciennes heures,
Sous le verre ardent des regrets ;
Et du fond bleu de leurs secrets
Émergent des flores meilleures.

Ô ce verre sur mes désirs !
Mes désirs à travers mon âme !
Et l’herbe morte qu’elle enflamme
En approchant des souvenirs !

Je l’élève sur mes pensées,
Et je vois éclore au milieu
De la fuite du cristal bleu,
Les feuilles des douleurs passées.

Jusqu’à l’éloignement des soirs
Morts si longtemps en ma mémoire,
Qu’ils troublent de leur lente moire
L’âme verte d’autres espoirs.

Confirmed with Maurice Maeterlinck, Serres chaudes, Paul Lacomblez, Éditeur, 1912, pages 65-66. First published in the revue La Jeune Belgique, no. 7, March-April 1888.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Verre ardent", written 1888, appears in Serres chaudes, first published 1888 [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 Hercule Gilles de Fontenailles (1858 - 1922), "Verre ardent", published 1906 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 84

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