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by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (1847 - 1903)

L'éternelle idole
Language: French (Français) 
A genoux devant ta langueur,
A genoux devant ta faiblesse,
Laisse-moi répandre mon cœur
A tes pieds d'enfant, ô Déesse !

Vois, mon bras si fort est lié
Et mon col se tend à la chaine,
Et mon désir est oublié
Puisqu'il te gêne !

A genoux devant ta beauté,
A genoux devant ton mensonge,
Je ne veux s'autre volupté
Que l'esclavage où je me plonge !

Tu ne comprends pas mes sanglots !
Tu ne comprends pas mon martyre !
Et les pleurs que je verse à flots
Te font sourire !

A genoux devant ta langueur,
A genoux devant ta faiblesse,
Te livrant mon âme et mon cœur,
Laisse-moi mourir, ô Déesse !

Text Authorship:

  • by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (1847 - 1903)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (1847 - 1903), "L'éternelle idole", 1893, published 1893 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt Mélodies, no. 8, Paris : Heugel et Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-06-29
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

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