Fuis le miroir séduisant
Où tu nattes à présent
L'or de tes cheveux de fée;
Laisse là rubans et noeuds,
Car les buissons épineux
T'auront bientôt décoiffé.

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Note: Coppée wrote this stanza specifically for Massenet's piece.

Text Authorship:

• by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Sérénade du Passant", alternate title: "Sérénade de Zanetto", 1869, published 1869 [ voice and piano ]
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