BIB_ID
131500
Accession number
MA 1617.408
Creator
Schwob, Marcel, 1867-1905.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1903 January 21.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.8 x 17.8 cm
Notes
Written from "11, Rue Saint Louise en L'ile" on stationery engraved with the address.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "Not Euripides, & no, dear henley, far more beautiful and sad; of Simonides I know not but the Greeks never tasted the bitter cup to such golden dregs! 'Bare ruined choirs' has staggered us both into deepness of past days and sorrows. And so well I remember that first life-long day when I met you face to face and you showed me the picture of the darling, when grief was green and had not yet shot flowers of beauty...'Diuturnity' is the limit of utmost perfection....The Marquise de Merteuil by no means believes that Valmont has passed to the 'neiges d'antan! And I forbid you - enough. Here she just shows her teeth but sends a sweet, ambiguous smile to you. But you are near her heart, perfide." All in time for Fielding. We'll do our level best. Will you tell me, you fractious being, all about the spiritual quixote? Got slang and delightful bookplate. Are you indeed a bull, Sir? I look on you in some other shape. Un lion, said Mallarmé."
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