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Pholoé

Language: French

Oublie, ô Pholoé, la lyre et les festins,
Les Dieux heureux, les nuits si brèves, les bons vins
Et les jeunes désirs volant aux lèvres roses.
L'âge vient : il t'effleure en son vol diligent,
Et mêle en tes cheveux semés de fils d'argent
  La pâle asphodèle à tes roses!


Input by Ted Perry

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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