Paissez, chères brebis, les herbettes naissantes ;
Ces prés et ces ruisseaux ont de quoi vous charmer ;
Mais si vous desirez vivre toujours contentes,
    Petites innocentes,
    Gardez-vous bien d'aimer.

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Confirmed with Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière, The plays of Molière, London: Grant Richards, 1903, page 430.

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• by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Molière, no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Émile Guimet (1836 - 1918), "Ah ! Quelle folie" [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons d'amour, no. 23, Éd. Durand & Schoenewerck
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