Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 2 signed autograph poems. Undated. - “La...

Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 2 signed autograph poems. Undated.
- “La Course.” 11 quatrains. 2 folio pages on blue paper.
“Who shines so brightly in space? / – It is the idea, with wings of fire! / Arise, Muse—it glides and passes / Like a star across the blue sky! /…/ We must run—the pen is slow! / Come on! Come on! Faster still! / The soul stamps its feet, impatient, / Like a steed taking flight! /…”
- 6 quatrains on 2 pp. in-8. “To Mr. M. Lyonnet. With permission to publish and set to music”
“You wish to reach me, but do you know who I am? / I am the swift gazelle / I outpace the breeze and arrive before it / When the Arab threatens me, I flee to the desert. /…”