153 - VERLAINE, Paul (1844–1896).

VERLAINE, Paul (1844–1896). Autograph POEM, “Séguidille,” [1886]; 1 page, large 8vo. A beautiful poem included in the “Filles” section of *Parallèlement* (Vanier, 1889). The manuscript bears the notations “Parallèlement” and “(Filles II)” in the margin, and the number II above the title; this is indeed the second poem in the “Filles” section; another notation, “(Vogue),” appears at the bottom of the page; the poem was in fact published in *La Vogue* on November 29, 1886. The poem consists of 6 quintains. The manuscript contains punctuation variations compared to the published edition, as well as a variation in the fifth line: “Presque nue et non nue” (the “n” in the second “nue” overlaps an “e” [“eue” in the published edition]); it also contains cross-outs: at the beginning of line 17: “Et blanc de marbre,” corrected to “d’albe marbre,” then (the version retained in the published edition) “And moonlight”; in line 26, “furieuses” is corrected to “glorieuses”; finally, in the penultimate line, “Fous tout mon orgueil en bas,” the entire phrase has been crossed out. “Brune encore non eue. I want you almost naked On a black sofa In a yellow boudoir, Just like in eighteen thirty!”…