by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)
Bouquet triste
Language: French (Français)
Toutes les roses du passé Me parfument le cœur encore D'un lent parfum qui s'évapore Comme un chant de cygne blessé, Captives d'un doux inpace, Où nul hiver ne les déflore. Toutes les roses du passé Me parfument le cœur encore. Ne prends pas un air courroucé, Toi l'espérance, toi l'aurore, Si ce cœur, hélas, qui t'adore, Mais se souvient t'offre lassé Toutes les roses du passé.
Authorship:
- by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Bouquet triste", written 1885, appears in Intermède, Paris, Éd. P. Ollendorff, first published 1885 [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 René Esclavy (d. 1927), "Bouquet triste", published [1909] [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er recueil, no. 13, Paris, Éd. J. Poulalion [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
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