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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Ballade
Language: French (Français) 
   Femme souvent varie ;
   Est bien fol qui s'y fie.
      --FRANÇOIS 1er.

Cher ange, vous êtes belle
À faire rêver d'amour,
Pour une seule étincelle
De votre vive prunelle,
Le poète tout un jour.

Air naïf de jeune fille,
Front uni, veines d'azur,
Douce haleine de vanille,
Bouche rosée où scintille
Sur l'ivoire un rire pur,
 
Pied svelte et cambré, main blanche,
Soyeuses boucles de jais,
Col de cygne qui se penche,
Flexible comme la branche
Qu'au soir caresse un vent frais,

Vous avez, sur ma parole,
Tout ce qu'il faut pour charmer ;
Mais votre âme est si frivole,
Mais votre tête est si folle,
Que l'on n'ose vous aimer.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Ballade", appears in Premières Poésies -- 1830-1832 [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 René Mertzig (1911 - 1986), "Ballade" [ bass and orchestra ], from Trois mélodies pour basse et orchestre, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges Pantillon (1870 - 1962), "Ballade", published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], Editions Syrinx, Switzerland [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-10
Line count: 23
Word count: 112

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