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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Le Souvenir
Language: French (Français) 
Ô délire d'une heure auprès de lui passée,
  Reste dans ma pensée !
Par toi tout le bonheur que m'offre l'avenir
  Est dans mon souvenir.

Je ne m'expose plus à le voir, à l'entendre,
  Je n'ose plus l'attendre ;
Et si je puis encor supporter l'avenir,
  C'est par le souvenir.

Le temps ne viendra pas pour guérir ma souffrance ;
  Je n'ai plus d'espérance :
Mais je ne voudrais pas, pour tout mon avenir,
  Perdre le souvenir !

Confirmed with Les Œuvres poétiques de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Grenoble, Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1973.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Le Souvenir", written 1815? [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 Pauline Duchambge (1776 - 1858), "Le Souvenir", published [1834] [ medium voice and piano or harp ], Paris, Éd. Ignace Pleyel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pierre-Jean Garat (1762 - 1823), "Le Souvenir", published c1813, Paris, Melles Erard [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Victor Lefebvre , "Le Souvenir", Paris, Douai: Mme Divoir, Mlle Lefebvre  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

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