Je me poserai sur ton coeur

»Je me poserai sur ton coeur« (FR) I Will Place Myself Upon Your Heart. Fauré's setting (1914, Le Jardin clos #4) for voice and piano of the eighth poem by van Lerberghe from the Le Jardin clos section of the volume Entrevisions (Indistinct Sightings, 1898). The poem is preceded by the Latin epigraph: »Ut signaculum« (»and his little banner,« [source: Bible, »Song of Solomon,« chapter 2, verse 4: »He brought me to the banqueting house, and his little banner over me was love.«]) Fauré repeats…