GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918) LA MÉSANGE ENTENDS... Lot n° 1

GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918) LA MÉSANGE [ENTENDS BATTRE MON CŒUR D'AMANT] [POEM TO LOU]. AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED. February 2, 1915, 1 1/2 page in-4 in ink. Famous poem of Guillaume Apollinaire addressed from the front to the beloved woman, Louise de Coligny known as Lou. Poem of 8 quintils (stanza formed of five verses) dated, signed with erasures and corrections. ...' The soldiers go away slowly In the troubled night of the city. Hear my lover's heart beat. This heart is worth well more than thousand Since I love you madly." ... "Listen to it beat my heart! An artillery regiment On the march, my artillery heart For you is put in battery, Listen to it little sister'... Published in Œuvres poétiques, Poèmes à Lou, Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1959. LA MÉSANGE [ENTENDS BATTRE MON CŒUR D'AMANT] [POEM TO LOU]. AUTOGRAPH POEM, SIGNED. 2 February 1915, 2pp. ink on paper, 4to. Famous poem by Guillaume Apollinaire addressed to his beloved, Louise de Coligny known as Lou. Poem in 8 quintils (stanza formed of five verses) dated, signed, with erasures and corrections. ... "The soldiers go away slowly In the troubled night of the city. Hear my lover's heart beat. This heart is worth more than a thousand Since I love you madly." ... "Listen to it beat my heart! A regiment of artillery On the march, my artillery heart For you puts itself in battery, Listen to it little sister " ... Published in Œuvres poétiques, Poèmes à Lou, Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1959. Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, France. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com