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Licence: PD-US · Published in 1836 (before 1931): public domain in the United States. Text and transcription from fr Wikisource by Wikisource contributors (transcription licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; contributors: https://fr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=La_Dame_du_lac/Defauconpret,_1836&action=history). · Wikisource contributors
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La scène de ce poème est placée principalement au voisinage du lac Katrine, dans les Highlands de l’Ecosse occidentale, comté de Perth. Le temps de l’action comprend six jours, et chaque jour est le sujet d’un chant.
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