by Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636 - 1711)
D'où vient que je rougis?
Language: French (Français)
D'où vient que je rougis, Et qui me rend pensive? Quel désordre secret Fait naître ma langueur? Je poursuis au hasard, Une ombre fugitive, Et n'ose sur mes voeux, Interroger mon coeur.
Authorship:
- by Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636 - 1711) [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 Frédéric Kalkbrenner (1785 - 1849), "D'où vient que je rougis?" [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Auditorium du Louvre
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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