Louis ARAGON (1897-1982). Autograph manuscript of 2 poems, Aline and Ciel de lit; 2pages in-8. These two poems, composed around 1918-1920 and long unpublished, were collected by Aragon in Œuvres poétiques in 1975 as part of the "poèmes écartés de Feu de joie" (t. V). A manuscript had been sent to André Gide (preserved at the Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet); and Aragon had sent Ciel de lit to Paul Valéry. Let's quote the beginning of Ciel de lit: "The stove sings. "How warm it is tonight! Suddenly a tune comes into my head"... On verso, pencil drawing of a head.

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