by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)
Morphée et la Muse
Language: French (Français)
Sommes-nous donc si loin ? te demandai-je en songe. Et tu me répondis : nous sommes arrivés Aux lieux de ta jeunesse, et l'ombre qui s'allonge Est celle de la ferme où tu venais rêver.
Confirmed with Francis Jammes, Le Troisième livre de quatrains, Paris: Mercure de France, 1924, Page 46.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "Morphée et la Muse", appears in Les livres des quatrains, no. 3 [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 Marcel Delannoy (1898 - 1962), "Morphée et la Muse", 1934, published 1936, copyright © 1936 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Cinq Quatrains de Francis Jammes, no. 3, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
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