Elle est gravement gaie

Elle est gravement gaie. Par moments son regard
se levait comme pour surprendre ma pensée.
Elle était douce alors comme quand il est tard
le velours jaune et bleu d'une allée de pensées.

by Francis Jammes (1868-1938)

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

by Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) , "Elle est gravement gaie", 1914, from Clairières dans le ciel, no. 2.

ENG English (Faith J. Cormier)

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