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by François Élie Jules Lemaître (1853 - 1914)

Les plus belles fleurs se flétrissent
Language: French (Français) 
           Je rêve aux baisers qui demeurent
                          Toujours.
                 Sully Prudhomme.
 
Les plus belles fleurs se flétrissent ; 
Un souffle ternit leur velours. 
— J’ai des tendresses qui fleurissent 
    Toujours. 

Le soleil meurt sous le nuage, 
L’ombre a de fidèles retours. 
— Dans mon cœur luit ta douce image 
    Toujours. 

Déjà la terre maternelle 
Pâlit sous les soleils plus courts. 
— Chère, à mes yeux tu seras belle 
    Toujours.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Poésies de Jules Lemaître, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, pages 221-222.

Note: the Sully Prudhomme poem quoted at the top is "Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent".


Text Authorship:

  • by François Élie Jules Lemaître (1853 - 1914), "Vers pour être chantés", appears in Petites orientales. Une méprise. Au jour le jour, in 3. Une méprise, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896 [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 Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Toujours", op. 76 no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], A. Quinzard [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul de Wailly (1854 - 1933), "Toujours", op. 5 no. 1, published [1886] [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies pour une voix avec accompagnement de piano, no. 1, Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-11-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 67

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