HEREDIA (José-Maria de).
Autograph poem entitled "Épigramme votive". 14 verses in violet ink on one p. in-4.
Sonnet originally published in the Revue des deux mondes on January 1, 1888, integrated in 1893 by José-Maria de Heredia in his collection Les Trophées.
José-Maria de Heredia's original title was "Le vieux soldat", later crossed out and corrected.
A Greek veteran is shown here displaying his weapons in homage to the god Ares, his swords, his shield, his helmet, his bow :
... Take the quiver too. Your eye seems to seek
In their leather sheaths the archer's weapons,
The arrows that the wind of battle scatters;
It's empty. Do you think I've lost my features?
On the field of Marathon you would find them,
For there they remained in Persia's gorge."
ATTACHED: RENOIR (Pierre). 2 autograph letters signed, one incomplete at the beginning. S.l.n.d. - RENARD (Gabrielle). Autograph letter signed on behalf of Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Les Collettes in Cagnes, Alpes-Maritimes, "Wednesday".
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