O mort, poussière d'étoiles

O mort, poussière d'étoiles (FR) O Death, Dust of Stars. Fauré's setting (1906 / 10, La Chanson d'Eve #10) for voice and piano of the 10th poem in the Crépuscule (Twilight) section of La Chanson d'Eve (1899 / 1903, pub. 1904) by van Lerberghe. Lerberghe writes: » I write according to my black [pessimistic] or blue {optimistic] moods . . . when I see black, an evening song . . . »[and there is quoted this poem.]. He also writes:« Thus, my daughter [Eve] rebels; she refuses to continue singing me…