Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 2 signed autograph poems. - “To Tata,”...
Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 2 signed autograph poems.
- “To Tata,” January 1, 1853. 24 lines on 1 p., in-8.
“Tata isn’t the plump girl / Who, with strong arms and fists, / Takes up the whole bed / And searches for you in every corner /…/ Nor is she the honest girl /…/ Who smacks you in the head with a piece of furniture / When you touch her bottom a little /…”
Two lines on a slip of paper warn: “Read if you want, but… don’t get mad”!
- 48 lines on 3 pages, in-8 format, undated.
“Yes, Noncenor is a rose / Thanks to the smiling sun / Blooming in the Lower Seine / at the port of St. Valéry / On her slightly shabby eyes shines / A pair of gold-rimmed glasses! / Come on! Come on! O young girl / Lick Noncenor’s nose! /…/ They called him in secret / By the names of Guzman, of Alamanzor /…/ The wicked claim he limps / I ask you, why on earth / Does he lean a little too far to his right? / Who among us is sure of being straight? /…/”
Dumas did not acknowledge this poem, which he signed “Odoar de Beaubichon.”
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Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 2 signed autograph poems.
- “To Tata,” January 1, 1853. 24 lines on 1 p., in-8.
“Tata isn’t the plump girl / Who, with strong arms and fists, / Takes up the whole bed / And searches for you in every corner /…/ Nor is she the honest girl /…/ Who smacks you in the head with a piece of furniture / When you touch her bottom a little /…”
Two lines on a slip of paper warn: “Read if you want, but… don’t get mad”!
- 48 lines on 3 pages, in-8 format, undated.
“Yes, Noncenor is a rose / Thanks to the smiling sun / Blooming in the Lower Seine / at the port of St. Valéry / On her slightly shabby eyes shines / A pair of gold-rimmed glasses! / Come on! Come on! O young girl / Lick Noncenor’s nose! /…/ They called him in secret / By the names of Guzman, of Alamanzor /…/ The wicked claim he limps / I ask you, why on earth / Does he lean a little too far to his right? / Who among us is sure of being straight? /…/”
Dumas did not acknowledge this poem, which he signed “Odoar de Beaubichon.”