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MAUPASSANT Guy de (1850-1893)
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Ce que pense Charlemagne, autograph manuscript poem in ink, Rouen, 28 January 1869, 132 lines of verse| 4 pages in-8 (lightly browned, small tear in outer edge of 2nd leaf, folds, burgundy half morocco folder, title-piece on first board).
Amusing poem written by Guy de Maupassant when he was 18 years old, to be read at the banquet of the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, celebrating the
Saint-Charlemagne: "Certainly, my good friends, I know nothing worse
Than to make verses when one has nothing to say
For nearly a month I have been waiting every day
For an inspiration| but I am still waiting for it
My verve has gone out, it must be rekindled,
My poor mind is shivering and my muse has a cold
Me, I sleep ...»
This poem was published from this manuscript in Emmanuel's edition
Vincent: Maupassant. Des Vers et Autres Poèmes. Rouen, 2001, pages 181-185.
Ce que pense Charlemagne, autograph manuscript poem in ink, Rouen, 28 January 1869, 132 lines of verse| 4 pages in-8 (lightly browned, small tear in outer edge of 2nd leaf, folds, burgundy half morocco folder, title-piece on first board).
Amusing poem written by Guy de Maupassant when he was 18 years old, to be read at the banquet of the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, celebrating the
Saint-Charlemagne: "Certainly, my good friends, I know nothing worse
Than to make verses when one has nothing to say
For nearly a month I have been waiting every day
For an inspiration| but I am still waiting for it
My verve has gone out, it must be rekindled,
My poor mind is shivering and my muse has a cold
Me, I sleep ...»
This poem was published from this manuscript in Emmanuel's edition
Vincent: Maupassant. Des Vers et Autres Poèmes. Rouen, 2001, pages 181-185.