From A Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas père by Frank Wild Reed: Five regular eight-line stanzas, of which the two final ones in each verse form a refrain. The rhymes run a, b, a. b, c, d, c, d.
This piece of verse was set to music by M. H. Berlioz. Published, Paris, Costallat et Cie., 15 Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin, and 40 Boulevard Haussmann. Imprimerie Chaix, 1901.
For the composition of the piece no date is known.
