Guy de maupassant (1850-1893)
Autograph poem, Ballade.
Legend of the ladies' room in Étretat; 8 pages in-8 with crowned LM number (paper a little wrinkled, wrinkled marks, slightly crumpled edges, small slits, the 4th page slightly rubbed).
Youthful poem on the legend of a cave in the cliffs of Étretat.
Long piece of 14 sizains, plus a "Suite" of 13 sizains, in a primitive version different from the published text; the penultimate verse has been added, with a first corrected and crossed out version.
"Slowly the stream arrives
On the shore
It's a sad autumn
song Monotonous
Who cries after the sunny days.
"I hear a higher voice
On the coast
Dominating the sound of the flow
What is this touching
voice that enchants
me Like a sad and sweet sobbing
Isn't it my poor muse
who is having fun
singing to forget
me Come back sadly forsaken
My thought
to your yoke will bend"...
A copy of the final version is attached from another hand with some corrections.