by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869)
Astre aux rayons dorés, que ta splendeur...
Language: French (Français)
Astre aux rayons dorés, que ta splendeur est douce Quand tu cours sur les monts, quand tu dors sur la mousse Que tu trembles sur l'herbe ou sur les blancs rameaux, Ou qu'avec l'alcyon tu flottes sur les eaux !
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Text Authorship:
- by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "La lune" [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 G. Bourgoin , "Clair de lune", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Feuillets d’album, no. 3, Paris : M. Rossignol [sung text not yet checked]
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