SAMAIN (Albert). - Lot 200

SAMAIN (Albert). Born in Lille. 1858-1900. Symbolist poet. His first collection Au Jardin de l'Infante, published in 1893, was an immediate success. Autograph draft poem. S.l.n.d. 1 ½ page small in-4. Beautiful manuscript, extensively worked and corrected, of this poem in which Samain evokes ...The cow with swollen udders dreams by the sea Of the still, mysterious sea (...) The cow dreams in the silence of the plains (...) Where her bell in the evening casts a silver soul. Her eyes seem to drink from the celestial skyThat turns to milk in her full udders. (...) The red sun fills her eye with dark crimsonAnd reflects wicked light in her heart. (...) O Heifer, sister of the white lashes that I invoke in my bedJenvie your august life and your magnificent peace...