Alphonse De Lamartine Delphine De Girardin – Signed Autograph Poem

Alphonse de LAMARTINE

Autograph poem signed. 1/4 page in-4° oblong.
Pretty quatrain with romantic accents of the great poet: "The sonorous heart of the poet is similar to these golden urns Where the least alms that one throws Resounds like a great treasure" Delphine GAY DE GIRARDINAutograph poem signed "Disenchantment". 1 page in-4° oblong.Two last quatrains of this beautiful poem of a poignant lucidity from the one who lived so long in illusion: "What does the destiny that is preparing for me matter, When the poetic soil has marked under my steps? Alas the sacred fire of which the sky is stingy, Extinguished, does not rekindle! One can restore joy to the soul that one afflicts, To the poor, fortune, to the dying, health, Never will one restore the sublime prestige To the disenchanted poet! »Poem in its entirety: And I despair and I believe myself cursed, And I no longer understand what was loved in me… Thought is so poor, and the soul is so small Without desire, without dream and without faith! […] What does the destiny that is preparing for me matter, When the poetic soil has failed under my feet! Alas! the sacred fire, of which Heaven is stingy, Is not rekindled here. One can restore joy to the soul that one afflicts, Fortune to the poor, health to the dying, Never will one restore the sublime prestige To the disenchanted poet.