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VERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896). Autograph poem entitled "XVII". - Lot 323
VERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896). Autograph poem entitled "XVII". S.l.n.d. 1 page in-8 with small paper addition at foot. Two erasures, one with a correction in the margin.
"To the glory of My suffering / Instrument of your deliverance".
Beautiful poem by Paul Verlaine: "All the loves of the earth / Leave in the heart of the deleterious / And the horribly bitter, / Fraternal and conjugal, / Paternal and filial / Civic and national, / The carnal, the ideal / All have the wasp and the worm. / Death takes your father and your mother, / Your brother will betray his brother, / Your wife sniffs out another husband, / Your child is alienated from you / Your people are plundered or chained / And the stranger lays his hatred in them / Your flesh becomes irritated and turns obscene, / Your soul floats in mad dreams / But, says Jesus, love, no matter! / Then from every dead illusion / Make a procession, form a chorus, / Go ahead, like the shepherd in the field [...]".
These verses were published in his poetry collection "Sagesse" under the number "XVIII". In one corner, Verlaine wrote and then crossed out the word "Bonheur", the title of another of his collections, published by Léon Vanier.
On the reverse, Verlaine wrote in ink: "Divers à voir", then "Quelques unes / notices et croquis littéraires". In pencil: "Edmond Bailly / chez Dentu / Place Valois". Edmond Bailly was a young bookseller working for the publisher Dentu.
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