Lot no. 184
GAUTIER, Théophile. Long autograph poem entitled "Pour Madame Adèle Hugo". S.l.n.d. 2 pp. in-4. Trace of tab on verso.
"You want my verses, Queen with proud and gentle eyes,
Alas! You know very well that with jealous dogs,
The snarling critics who chase after thoughts
And drag in tatters the butchered stanzas,
All the pale race, with foreheads yellowed with gall
Whose eternal mourning is the happiness of others, [...]" MLL
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