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

On l'a recouvert d'une toile
Language: French (Français) 
On l'a recouvert d'une toile
Où de l'honneur brille l'étoile,
Comme au convoi d'un général
Ou d'un garde national.
 
Son cheval à pied l'accompagne
Quatre morpions grands d'Espagne,
La larme à l'œil, l'écharpe au bras,
Tiennent les quatre coins du drap.
 
On lui bâtit un cénotaphe
Où l'on grava cette épitaphe
« Ci-gît un morpion de cœur,
Mort vaillamment au champ d'honneur. »

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), no title, appears in Poésies libertines, in La Mort, l'apparition et les obsèques du capitaine Morpion, 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 Louis-Étienne-Ernest Rey (1823 - 1909), as Ernest Reyer, "Marche funèbre", subtitle: "Composée pour les funérailles d'un héros", 1852, note: the funeral referred to is that of Maréchal Gérard [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-04-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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