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by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

L’allée est droite et longue, et sur le...
Language: French (Français) 
L’allée est droite et longue, et sur le ciel d’hiver
Se dressent hardiment les grands arbres de fer,
Vieux ormes dépouillés dont le sommet se touche.
Tout au bout, le soleil, large et rouge, se couche.
À l’horizon il va plonger dans un moment.
Pas un oiseau. Parfois un lointain craquement
Dans les taillis déserts de la forêt muette ;
Et là-bas, cheminant, la noire silhouette,
Sur le globe empourpré qui fond comme un lingot,
D’une vieille à bâton, ployant sous son fagot.

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Text Authorship:

  • by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), no title, written 1872?, appears in Promenades et Intérieurs, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1872 [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 Alexis Jean Hubert Rostand (1844 - 1919), as Jean Hubert, "L'Allée est droite et longue", subtitle: "Coucher de soleil. - Hiver", <<1904 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les Saisons et les Heures, no. 19, Éd. Heugel & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 82

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