LITERATURE POETRY 19th century. Auguste BARBIER (1805-1885), - Lot 6

LITERATURE POETRY 19th century. Auguste BARBIER (1805-1885), poet, writer and translator. Batch of documents and P. S. 2 LAS, s.l. [Paris], April 3, 1864 and July 28 (s.d). 2 pp in-12. He thanks his interlocutor for an article about him; "In your charming and benevolent article of April 1 on the Sikhs, you said a word that touched me deeply because it is true [...]". The latter wishes to meet again with his interlocutor: "I was very upset not to find you at home when you took the trouble to drop by [...]". With 2 MS poems by Barbier: -One, in his own hand, in 12 alexandrines "La Mort planant sur toi comme un heureux amant...", s.l.n.d [1841] -one MS copied from Barbier's poem. Copy of "Cimarosa". 1/2 p in-8. Enclosed:-A small envelope with mourning slip addressed to "Monsieur Armand Dayot / 8 boulevard Flandrin". -Facsimile of a poem in cursive violet ink by Emmanuel des Essarts - a teacher in Avignon who, among other things, introduced Mallarmé to Felibre (with signed autograph dispatch) of his poem composed in 1905 for the centenary of Auguste Barbier. "Melodious singer born under the most beautiful sky, With a name as sweet and flowery as an ancient lyre, Neapolitan light, whose mad music, Rubbed, as a child, both lips with honey (...J". "Ah! Whatever the mourning thrown on this earth, Which twice changed the world's destiny, Whatever its misfortunes and its long misery, One cannot leave it without pain and sorrow...