C'est grant paine

C'est grant paine que de vivre
Et si ne veult on mourir
Qui n'est de tous maulx délivre
Raison à la mort nous livre
Rien ne nous peut secourir
C'est grant paine que de vivre.

by Blosseville, le vicomte de (15^th century)

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

by Georges Auric (1899-1983) , "C'est grant paine", 1940 [satb], from Cinq chansons françaises, no. 4.

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