Théophile GAUTIER (1811-1872). POEM autograph signed, Essai de Printemps, [1851] 1 page small in-8 (18 x 8.5 cm). Famous poem from Émaux et Camées (1852). It was first published, untitled, in La Presse on 7 April 1851, before being collected, under the title Premier sourire du printemps, in Émaux et Camées (1852). It consists of eight quatrains: "Tandis qu'à leurs œuvres perverses Men run breathless, Mars laughs in spite of the showers Secretly prepares the spring. [...] Then when his work is done And his reign comes to an end On the threshold of April turning his head He says, "Spring, you can come!