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Tame Cat

Language: English

"It rests me to be among beautiful women.
Why should one always lie about such matters?
I repeat:
It rests me to converse with beautiful women
Even though we [talk]1 nothing but nonsense,
The purring of the invisible antennae
Is both stimulating and delightful."


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1 Koch: "speak" (needs verifying)

Input by Barbara Miller

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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)

Date added to the website: 2004-05-27.

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