The "Epigrammes de Clément Marot" were premiered in
1900 at a recital sponsored by the Société Nationale
de Musique, featuring M. Hardy-Thé (sopran) and the
composer at the piano. These two songs are based on the
texts by French Renaissance poet Clément Marot
(1496-1544).
LYRICS About Anne who threw snow at me
Anne, in play, threw snow at me,
which I thought cold indeed:
but the experience I had was of fire,
as I was suddenly reduced to embers.
Since fire resides secretly
within snow, where shall I find a place
where not to burn? Anne, your favour alone
can extinguish the fire that I feel keenly,
not by water, by snow, nor by ice,
but by feeling a fire equal to mine.