Colombine

Frêle petite fille O rose dans la fange
Du cirque piétinée avant que de t'ouvrir
Dieu ne t'avait-il pas faite à l'image des anges
Et pour que le printemps parfumât tes soupirs.

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) , "Colombine"
by Marcel Delannoy (1898-1962) , "Colombine", copyright © 1936, from Cinq Quatrains de Francis Jammes, no. 4.

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