by (Julien) Auguste Plage Brizeux (1803?6 - 1858)
À Diana
Language: French (Français)
Baisse tes grands yeux Sérieux, Baisse tes grands yeux. Voile ta figure Blanche et pure, Voile ta figure. Surtout parle bas Sur mes pas, Surtout parle bas. Car la beauté tue Qui l'a vue, Elle enivre et tue !
Confirmed with Œuvres Complètes de Auguste Brizeux, Tome Second, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1860, page 157.
Text Authorship:
- by (Julien) Auguste Plage Brizeux (1803?6 - 1858), "À Diana", appears in Histoires poétiques [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884) , "An Diana" and by Heinrich Leuthold (1827 - 1879) , "An Diana" ; composed by Ludwig Keller.
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