45 - BALTRUCHAITIS, Jurgis Kasimirovich (1873–1944)

BALTRUCHAITIS, Jurgis Kasimirovich (1873–1944) Set of 4 autograph poems in Russian written in 1897 in Majorenhoff (Lithuania) and, as far as is known, unpublished, including “I cried all night… that terrible night that seemed to never end…,” “Поздняя осень…. A Bird Remained" and about twenty typewritten poems, including: - 4 handwritten and likely unpublished poems dated 1897 in Majorenhoff (Lithuania), and a collection of typewritten poems, including: From the collection *The Lily and the Sickle*: -Little Bird - *Ptichka* -While Our Day Lasts… -You Are Still Nowhere with Such Scorching Power From the collection *Earthly Ladder* -A variant of the poem “Reflection” from the collection *Earthly Steps*, June 25, 1903. -A variant of “On the Threshold of Night—In the Late Evening Hour” -“Monotony,” a variant of “Taedeum vitae” and some likely unpublished works: -“Hymn to the Morning”—two variants “You come to us every time (day), pearl-and-gold, / From the dark depths / To light up people’s gloomy dreams, / To clothe the expanse in unearthly radiance…” -“So that the triumph may touch everyone / With the grandeur of its hour… / And now the sky has burst into light, / And now the ringing is louder, closer" -"Who, in the purity of his cherished dreams, / Cherished the truth of his aspirations as a sacred treasure / And stood unshakable in the struggle, like a cliff…" -Morning Song "Hark. Dawn is breaking. The twilight fades, / The earth is revealed— / A fine day, a feast of God, Awakening groves and fields…" -Two Demons "When the Creator, on the great day of creation, Completed His final plan, to the two Demons—Sleep and Wakefulness— He entrusted the rule of the young world….. To one He allotted all that is night, The realm of dreams, the weariness of dark spells, - To the other, thunder, the vastness of the midday heat, And the sword of battle, and the hammer’s blow…” 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 descent