Draft autograph poem, one page, 7.75 x 5, consisting of three stanzas identified by Hugo on the reverse as coming from his long epic poem ‘Dieu,’ but not included in it since Hugo notes to himself at the upper right: “This could make an entire piece.” Hugo writes, in part (translated): “The wise, while they pursue their necessary dreams, do not lose sight of the miseries here below…the star ties them to its chariot…Septentrion, Aldebaran, the world, and God the dreamer leaning on his work, they rise suddenly and cry courage!…Strike the tyrant…the enormous constellations which God sometimes points toward the bitter night, sometimes towards the pale dawn, the shade, the abysses, the fears, the immense vision of eternal things.” Hugo has drawn a black “X” through the text. Three vertical folds, some scattered light toning and soiling, and a few slight brushes to text, otherwise fine condition. The three stanzas appear in Hugo’s poem ‘Written on a Copy of the Life of Appolonius of Tyana,’ included in the collection Les Années Funestes. Accompanied by a complete typewritten transcription of the three stanzas. This long religious epic was written between 1855 and 1862. Left unfinished, it was published after his death. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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