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by Maurice de Guérin (1810 - 1839)

Les siècles ont creusé dans la roche...
Language: French (Français) 
Les siècles ont creusé dans la roche vieillie
Des creux où vont dormir des gouttes d’eau de pluie ;
Et l’oiseau voyageur qui s’y pose le soir
Plonge son bec avide en ce pur réservoir.
Ici je viens pleurer sur la roche d’Onelle
De mon premier amour l’illusion cruelle ;
Ici mon cœur souffrant en pleurs vient s’épancher…
Mes pleurs vont s’amasser dans le creux du rocher…
Si vous passez ici, colombes passagères,
Gardez-vous de ces eaux : les larmes sont amères.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Lettres et Fragments (Maurice de Guérin). Journal, Lettres et Poèmes, Texte établi par G.S. Trébutien, Didier et Cie, libraires-éditeurs, 1864 (6e éd.), page 166.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice de Guérin (1810 - 1839), no title, written 1832 [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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Les siècles ont creusé", op. 11 no. 1 (1913-1914) [ voice and piano ], from Poèmes romantiques: 1ère série, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 79

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