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by Louis de Launay (1860 - 1938)

Postlude
Language: French (Français) 
Ô doux baiser de la lumière,
Ô flamme, ô feu, source première
De toute vie et toute ardeur,
Clarté divine, enchanteresse,
O voluptueuse caresse,
Parfum des cieux, pure splendeur !...

Tu luis, soleil : tout est propice ;
Le pied, qui longe un précipice,
Ne tremble pas ; le coeur puissant
Bat largement et se déploie ;
Le but sourit ; l'effort est joie ;
L'orgueil promet ; l'amour consent !

Tristesse au loin, fantôme blême !
Doute, va-t-en point de problème !
Arrière, ennui Mort, cache-toi !
L'espoir chantant montre la route ;
Ce fol ami, comme on l'écoute !
Le pas est ferme ; on a la foi !...

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis de Launay (1860 - 1938) [author's text not yet checked 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 Maurice Emmanuel (1862 - 1938), "Postlude", op. 17 no. 12 (1918), published 1928 [voice and piano], from Musiques extraits de "Crépuscules et Nocturnes", no. 12, Paris, Éd. Maurice Sénart (Salabert) [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Olivier Gratzer

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 95

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