Precious draft of a satiric poem openly against Napoleon III, published in Les Nouveaux Châtiments: « Never mind O traitor! at point-blank range my book shoots you! »
by Victor HUGO
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HUGO, Victor (1802-1885)
Draft of an autograph poem N.p.n.d [Guernsey, 1859], 1 p. in-8° (140 x 145 cm Tiny ink corrosion, spots
Precious draft of a satiric poem openly against Napoleon III, published in Les Nouveaux Châtiments
" Tu n'échapperas point. Fais ce que tu voudras. Fais-toi, dans le prétoire et dans la sacristie. Chanter un Te Deum en guise d'amnistie Par Troplong courtisane et Sibour courtisan Chache-toi sous les Oui du pauvre paysan Qui ne sait que le soc, la bêche et la faucille. Qu'importe O traître ! à bout portant mon livre te fusille ! La vérité sinistre ouvre son feu roulant ; L'histoire montre ton nom noir, plus croulant, plus sanglant. Plus hideux, plus criblé que le mur de Grenelle ; Nous mettons devant toi le siège, va, crénélé Ton empire caverne, ô l'empereur bandit ! Ferme ta forteresse et reprends toi, c'est dit, Nous l'allons écraser de nos vers projectiles. Fais en d'abord sortir les bouches inutiles, Veuillot, Jacquot, Nisard, tous ces bavard mangeurs. Si chétifs que ton vers dans ses ongles vengeurs Prend à regret leurs noms, strophe, et que tu les lâches. Trouvant les uns trop vils et les autres trop lâches ! "
After the first edition of Les Châtiments, published in Geneva, New York and in a redacted version in Brussels in 1853, Victor Hugo wrote this poem in Guernsey in 1859. It is openly addressed Napoleon III. The poem was first published in Paris in 1910, in the posthumous edition known as "de l'imprimerie nationale", produced by Ollendorff.
The aspect of the poem on this paper is almost that of a netting. Victor Hugo wrote it with a more applied spelling than that of his working drafts. However, the text contains some corrections, less than a dozen in total. It is, however, shorter than the final version, counting only nineteen verses against twenty-eight. The nine additional verses will be interspersed between the first and second verses of this version. This poem also has significant variations from the published edition.
References: – Chantiers des Oeuvres complètes – Laffont, t. I, p. 62 – Hugo. Œuvres complètes. Paris, 1904-1952, volume XVIII
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- Precious draft of a satiric poem openly against Napoleon III, published in Les Nouveaux Châtiments
- Author
- Victor HUGO
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- Place of Publication
- Guernesey
- Date Published
- 1859
- Pages
- 1
- Size
- in-8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Victor, Hugo, autograph, napoleon, III, exile, poem, literature
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