Ballet Royal de la Nuit

costume of Louis XIV as apollo in the Ballet Royal de la Nuit. costumes by henri de Gissey (c.1621-1673)

Louis XIV, indeed recited these verses on February 23,1653 at the Ballet Royal de la Nuit, written by Isaac de Benserade. The music for the ballet was written by Jean de Cambefort, Jean-Baptise Boesset, Michel Lambert, and others. This link allows you to listen to the Dance of the Sun King (solo organ).

Featuring beggars, demons, and werewolves, and with Moliére in the role of Laughter, the ballet was so successful that it was repeated five times with performances even opening to well-dressed members of the public. According to the Venetian ambassador, the king had been practicing since December for six or seven hours daily. After dancing as an hour, a game of cards, and a fury, Louis finally appeared as Apollo surrounded by Honor (his first cousin, James Duke of York), Victory, Valor, and Fame and recited verses in which he claimed to illuminate the universe having vanished “the terrible serpent” of rebellion. He finished with a promise of wars to come:

Quand j’auray dissipé les Ombres de la France,
Vers les climates lointans ma clarté paraissant,
Ira victorieuse au milieu de Byzance,
Effacer le Croissant. (Isaac de Benserade, Ballet Royal de la Nuit, 1653, p. 45)

A scene from the end of this ballet entitled “Le Roi représentant le soleil levant” (The Sun rises) is depicted in the film Le Roi danse (2000)

Sources:
Philip Mansel 2019, King of the World, the Life of Louis XIV, p. 61
Recording/link: Ballet Royal de La Nuit, Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé, Harmonia Mundi 2020.