74 - BALTRUCHAITIS, Jurgis Kasimirovich (1873–1944)

BALTRUCHAITIS, Jurgis Kasimirovich (1873–1944) A collection of about twenty various handwritten documents in Russian—unfinished or unpublished poems, translations in verse, fragments, and stories—including: -a fragment of a literary article -a methodological outline on theater, addressing the role of speech and movement -a story titled “Our House—Наш дом” -several accounting notes related to translations, and a handwritten poem by an unknown author dedicated to him. -a collection of handwritten and typewritten pages titled “Unfinished Poems and Translations in Verse.” -about ten autograph poems, likely unpublished: “Sleep, Holy Grass, Tasting oblivion In the safety of dreams… Sleep, wondrous maiden, To the whisper of a melody Of enchanting verses… (...)” “I long to pray endlessly… But not for myself… I have nothing to ask Of the inhuman will of the deity Which gave me life and commanded me to live If I were to willingly return My longing for days gone by And the poison of fleeting joy, To depart into nothingness… (...)” 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.