VERLAINE (Paul). 1844-1896. Ecrivain poète.

VERLAINE PAUL (1844-1896)
2 autograph POEMS, the first signed "Paul Verlaine"| 1 page in-8 in ink (small hole repaired), and 1 page in-4 in ink and pencil (fold marks).
Working manuscripts of two poems.
For Miss D... A... [Diane Andrée, friend of Cazals and Verlaine], sonnet published in the enlarged edition of Dédicaces (Vanier, 1894), room
XC. The manuscript is marked "Varia" in the margin, and Verlaine added a "tout" to the 2nd and 4th lines of the first quatrain| a variant is found in the penultimate line.
"I love you too much, Andrée,
At trot and at a gallop.
You're my beloved
at a gallop and at a trot."... "And this is the moment when you die"... First draft and working draft of a poem published in La Revue parisienne of November 25, 1893 (Le Livre posthume - Fragments, V) and collected in 1903 in Le Livre posthume des OEuvres posthumes (Librairie Léon Vanier, A. Messein, 1903). It consists of six quatrains| the first seven verses were written in ink, the rest in pencil, with numerous erasures and corrections.
In the margin at the bottom, Verlaine has drawn a little soldier (or policeman) in graphite. In the top margin, Albert Messein has inscribed a certificate of authenticity.
"And behold, the moment when you die
Supreme Night in my extreme
night Mourning of mourning, misfortune of misfortune
It seems to me that I am dying myself"...