Sur cette page blanche où mes vers vont éclore,
Qu'un regard quelquefois ramène votre cœur.
De votre vie aussi la page est blanche encore; 
Que ne puis-je y graver un seul mot : Le bonheur !

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Confirmed with Œuvres complètes de Lamartine: Épîtres et poésies diverses. Recuillements poétiques, Tome cinquième. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1860, p. 225

Text Authorship:

• by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "Vers sur un album" [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 Giulio Alary (1814 - 1891), "La page blanche" [ high voice and piano ], from 20 Mélodies, Vol. I, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Durand & Schoenewerk [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludovic (or Lodovico) Alberti (1857 - 1939), "Première page" [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Ricordi (96220) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Edmond Membrée (1820 - 1882), "Le Livre de la Vie" [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
• by George O'Kelly (1831 - 1914), "Sur un Album", published [1891] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. du "Journal des Demoiselles" [sung text not yet checked]
• by François Luc Joseph Thomé (1850 - 1909), as Francis Thomé, "La Page blanche", published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éditions Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830 - 1914), "Le livre de la vie", subtitle: "Feuillet d'album" [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Quatrième recueil de vingt mélodies, no. 12, Édition Heugel 'Au Ménestrel'
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