BANVILLE (Théodore de). - Lot 34

BANVILLE (Théodore de). Born in Moulins (Allier). 1823-1891. Poet, playwright and literary critic. Friend of Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire and Théophile Gautier. A Romantic and Parnassian, Banville was respected and admired by his contemporaries. His collection "Odes funambulesques", published by Poulet-Malassis in 1857, shortly before Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal appeared with the same publisher, brought him acclaim. POEM A. S. "Théodore de Banville" titled "L'Archer". 1 folio page. This beautiful poem, composed of three stanzas of 4 rhymed verses, was published in the collection Le Sang de la coupe under the title La Colombe blessée. ...O dove (you) who dies in the azure sky,Open your eyes for a moment, white-winged victim.The vulture that kills you expires, torn by mortal arrows.Go, you fall avenged, O victim, and your sister?urCan see, crossing the forest full of shadow,Loiseau tout sanglant pendre au carquois d'un chasseur Qui passe dans la plaine.Le jeune archer, folâtre et chantant des chansons,Passe, sa preie au dos, par les herbes fleuries,Laissant déchiqueter par les dents des buissonsCes dépouilles meurtries...On note une variante par rapport à la publication sur le mot " victime " au deuxième vers, qui est devenu " mourante ".