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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Le Cortège d'Amphitrite
Language: French (Français) 
Le cortège léger glisse aux plaines liquides
Une rose lueur teinte le flot changeant
C'est la jeune Amphitrite, en sa conque d'argent,
Qui passe sur la mer avec ses Néréides.

L'archipel a surgi vers les lointains limpides;
Les Tritons font sonner leurs trompes en nageant,
Et de leurs bras la nymphe en vain se dégageant
Sent ses beaux seins piqués par leurs barbes squalides.

Les vagues doucemont ondulent, l'air est pur;
Amphitrite sourit, toute nue, à l'azur,
Et la brise ramène en avant ses cheveux,
Pendant que les dauphins de leurs mufles hideux,
Font jaillir l'eau marine en gerbes devant elle.

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Le Cortège d'Amphitrite", written 1898?, appears in Aux Flancs du Vase, no. 6, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1898 [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 Hélène de Callias (1884 - 1963), "Le cortège d'Amphitrite", published 1927 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois estampes, no. 2, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Le Cortège d'Amphitrite", op. 31 (Six mélodies) no. 2 (1905-1907), published c1910 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. L. Philippo [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 101

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