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by Jean de Sponde (1557 - 1595)

Sonnet XI
Language: French (Français) 
Tous mes propos jadis ne vous faisoyent instance
Que de l'ardant amour dont j'estois embrazé :
Mais depuis que vostre œil sur moy s'est appaisé
Je ne vous puis parler rien que de ma constance.

L'amour mesme de qui j'espreuve l'assistance
Qui sçait combien l'esprit de l'homme est fort aisé
D'aller aux changemens, se tient comme abusé
Voyant qu'en vous aimans j'aime sans repentance.

Il s'en remonstre assez qui bruslent vivement,
Mais la fin de leur feu qui se va consommant
N'est qu'un brin de fumee & qu'un morceau de cendre.

Je laisse ces amans croupir en leurs humeurs
Et me tiens pour contens, s'il vous plaist de comprendre
Que mon feu ne sçauroit mourir si je ne meurs.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean de Sponde (1557 - 1595), "Sonnet XI" [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):

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Gilbert Farm Cunningham (1900 - 1967) ; composed by Ian Venables.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-05
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