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ROUGET DE LISLE, Claude-Joseph (1760–1836).

Autograph POEM, *L’Époux malheureux*; 2 folio pages (inventory reference, slightly frayed).

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Autograph POEM, *L’Époux malheureux*; 2 folio pages (inventory reference, slightly frayed).

This poem, which deals with marital infidelity and the betrayal of a friend, consists of three stanzas of eight lines each, and a quatrain that serves as a refrain. The poet has made a few corrections. ‘O you who bring to my heart Fear, horror, death, rage, Ungrateful ones! Come and see your handiwork, Come and revel in my misfortune’...