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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

Ce ne sont pas ces beaux cheveux dorés
Language: French (Français) 
Ce ne sont pas ces beaux cheveux dorés,
Ni ce beau front, qui l’honneur même honore,
Ce ne sont pas les deux archets encore
De ces beaux yeux de cent yeux adorés :
Ce ne sont pas les deux brins colorés
De ce corail, ces lèvres que j’adore,
Ce n’est ce teint emprunté de l’Aurore,
Ni autre objet des cœurs énamourés :
Ce ne sont pas ni ces lis, ni ces roses,
Ni ces deux rangs de perles si bien closes,
C’est cet esprit, rare présent des cieux :
Dont la beauté de cent grâces pourvue
Perce mon âme, et mon cœur, et mes yeux
Par les rayons de sa poignante vue.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), no title, appears in Sonnetz de l'honneste amour, no. 2 [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 Benoît Menut (b. 1977), "Sonnet de l'honnête Amour", 2013, published 2013 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Poèmes galants pour soprano et piano, no. 2, Clichy, Éd. Musicales Artchipel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-12-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 109

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