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by Annie Dessirier , as Jean du Clos

Les extases
Language: French (Français) 
Des chants, des fleurs et du soleil,
Des baisers aux lèvres, des roses !
De l'azur... l'océan vermeil,
De l'amour... sur toutes les choses !...
Des rayons d'or par tout le ciel,
Des murmures de douce brise !...
Des parfums au souffle irréel...
La volupté qui passe et grise !
Des chants, des fleurs et du soleil,
Des baisers aux lèvres, des roses !
De l'intensité... les plaisirs;
Des sourires... folles ivresses !
Des émois... de troublants désirs,
De longs frôles... et des caresses !
Des chants, des fleurs et du soleil,
Des baisers aux lèvres, des roses !
De l'amour... sur toutes les choses !
De l'amour ! De l'amour !

Text Authorship:

  • by Annie Dessirier , as Jean du Clos [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Les extases", 1912, published 1912 [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-28
Line count: 18
Word count: 101

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