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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Né l'enfant des grandes villes
Language: French (Français) 
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Né l'enfant des grandes villes
Et des révoltes serviles,
J'ai là tout cherché, trouvé,
De tout appétit rêvé.
Mais, puisque rien n'en demeure,

J'ai dit un adieu léger
À tout ce qui peut changer,
Au plaisir, au bonheur même,
Et même à tout ce que j'aime
Hors de vous, mon doux Seigneur !

La Croix m'a pris sur ses ailes
Qui m'emporte aux meilleurs zèles,
Silence, expiation,
Et l'âpre vocation
Pour la vertu qui s'ignore.

Douce, chère Humilité,
Arrose ma charité,
Trempe-la de tes eaux vives.
Ô mon cœur, que tu ne vives
Qu'aux fins d'une bonne mort !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Sagesse, in Sagesse I, no. 23 [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 Jules-Ernest Hubert (d. 1951), "Né l'enfant des grandes villes", published 1903 [ tenor or bass and organ ], from Les encensoirs, no. 1, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexis Jean Hubert Rostand (1844 - 1919), "Né l'enfant des grandes villes", <<1903 [ medium voice and organ ], from Les Encensoirs, motets et chants pieux, no. 21, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 97

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