VIGNY Alfred de (1797-1863) - Lot 229

VIGNY Alfred de (1797-1863) L.A.S. to Adolphe de Saint Valry, (s.l.), November 7, 1826. 3 pp. in-4. Address. "[] I am tired of waiting for you, I do not care for the desire that thunders within me to express to you the pleasure your two poems have given me, and since I cannot tell you, I write that they are full of a naive grace that belongs only to you in the family of poets; your abandon is never negligent, and that's what I'd be surprised about if I had the time, but in telling you, poësie sweeps me off my feet and I forget my plans to make remarks, every time I pick up your book too small but a precursor, I hope of some other and you would gently spend her life hearing herself tell such lovely things so well! you make me dream of Lafontaine and Perrault, [] I spent some time yesterday with Sir Walter Scott. My wife's uncle, his compatriot, introduced me to him. I will tell you everything I observed in this illustrious old man, writing it would be too long; I found him affectionate and modest, almost shy; but suffering, but afflicted but too old, which I did not expect. It pained me. On November 7, 1826, Walter Scott left Paris, having received an autographed copy of Cinq-Mars from its author the day before.