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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Ô face de l'ardeur, ô pitié sans sommeil
Language: French (Français) 
Ô face de l'ardeur, ô pitié sans sommeil,
courage qui jamais n'écartes le calice,
force qui fais avec tes chairs ton sacrifice
et ta libation avec ton sang vermeil!

Sur quel bûcher, sous quel signe, pour quel réveil,
à quel Avent ta foi chantait dans le supplice?
Plus haut que l'alouette à l'aube du solstice,
on vit soudain ton cœur bondir vers le soleil.

Car tout entière en toi lève la bonne race.
Là-bas, d'entre les neuf preux sourit à ta grâce.
mâle, par les barreaux de l'armet Duguesclin,

Tu as communié, dans ta sainte vêture,
Sous l'espèce du sol. Mais, couronné de lin,
ton front semble souffrir d'une étoile future. 

About the headline (FAQ)

First published in the journal Figaro, May 5, 1915.


Text Authorship:

  • by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938), no title, appears in Quatre Sonnets pour la France, no. 2, first published 1915 [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-11-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 111

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