39 - Jurgis Kasimirovitch BALTRUCHAITIS (1873–1944)

Jurgis Kasimirovitch BALTRUCHAITIS (1873–1944) A collection of poems in Russian and a notebook by Jurgis Kasimirovich BALTRUCHAITIS, comprising: *A collection comprising one notebook and handwritten poems, some of which are likely unpublished*: -1 Notebook dated 1903 containing published and unpublished poems. Pages numbered 15 through 74; the cover and a few pages are missing. In-12° format. - A handwritten and unpublished poem titled “Mountain Stream—Горный ручей.” A stamp in the upper left corner reads “will not appear in *The Lily and the Sickle*—не входит в лилию и серп”; on the back is a draft of the first two lines. "From the bright realm of snow-white heights, Born of the noonday mists, You wind and leap, in rebellious bursts; Rapids are nothing to you—you care not." -A handwritten and unpublished sonnet, “Columbus’s Companions—Спутники Колумба,” subtitled “Land! Land!”, with strikethroughs. “The thirtieth day of a perilous odyssey, Glimmering through the streams in the pale dawn, The azure of the clear sky will not part…" -Handwritten poem “Temptation—Искушение,” likely unpublished, dated August 16, 1910, in Zweisimmen, Switzerland, and a collection of handwritten poems intended for publication: Alkanie, June 23, 1903, “The Valley Trembles in the Heat” followed by an excerpt from *The Judgment of Silence, Clouds*: “In the vastness of the heavens / We drifted for a long time…”, “The Elder,” first part of the poem “At the Edge—у предела” MC Provenance -Jurgis Kasimirovich Baltruchaïtis (1873–1944), Lithuanian diplomat and poet. -Their son, Jurgis Jurgissovich Baltruchaïtis (1903–1988), historian. -His wife, Hélène Baltruchaïtis (1908–2004), née Castel-Focillon, daughter of Henri Focillon (1881–1943). -Then through descendants