by Gilbert Lévy
L’Océan des âges
Language: French (Français)
Souvent sur la montagne, à l'ombre du vieux chêne, Au coucher du soleil, tristement je m'assieds ; Mon cœur lassé de tout même de l'espérance, n'ira plus de ses vœux importuner le sort ; La source de mes jours s'est écoulée. Elle a passé sans bruit, sans nom et sans retour. [...]
Note: this text is made up of lines from several poems by Alphone de Lamartine, adapted by Gilbert Lévy. The text above is from the first two pages of the song, which continues for a few more pages. See Lamartine's poem "L'Isolement".
Text Authorship:
- by Gilbert Lévy , copyright status unknown [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 Graciane Finzi (b. 1945), "L’Océan des âges", 2004, first performed 2004 [ voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 2, Éditions Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-09-20
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Word count: 50