One of Victor Hugo's most famous poems: "The tomb said to the rose".

Victor Hugo (1802.1885)

Signed autograph poem.

An oblong quarto page taken from an album.

Minor stings.

No place or date.

A precious and moving document of one of Victor Hugo's most famous poems.

This dialogue between a tomb and a rose is the penultimate poem (no. XXXI) of the collection published in 1837, Les Voix intérieures.

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The tomb said to the rose: – What do you do, flower of love, with the tears that dawn bathes you in ? The rose said to the tomb: – What do you do with what falls into your ever-open abyss?

The rose said: – Dark tomb,
From these tears I make in the shadows
A perfume of amber and honey.
The tomb said: – Plaintive flower,
From each soul that comes to me
I make an angel of heaven!

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These melancholic lines were set to music by Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner and César Cui.