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by François I, King (1495 - 1547)

Si un œuvre parfait doit chacun...
Language: French (Français) 
Si un œuvre parfait doit chacun contenter,
Il ne faut qu'un seul jour voir ma mie et hanter ;
Car qui la verroit moins, perdroit un trop grand bien ;
Et qui la verroit plus, mourroit pour estre sien.

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Confirmed with Bibliothéque choisie des poètes françois jusqu'à Malherbe, Tome III, edited by Pierre René Auguis, Paris: Crapelet, 1824.


Text Authorship:

  • by François I, King (1495 - 1547), "Quatrain" [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 Édouard Moullé (1845 - 1923), "Si ung oeuvre parfait doit chacun contenter", subtitle: "Chanson ancienne 16ème siècle", published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons tendres du XIIème au XVIIIème siècle, remises au jour et harmonisées par E. Moullé, no. 14, Paris, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 37

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