Poetry

1 À Daniel Halévy First poetry written by Proust in 1888 as a schoolboy. From Écrits de jeunesse, Institut Marcel Proust International, 1991.

1 To Raoul Versini Poem for his schoolboy friend, October 1888. 

1 Pederastie Schoolboy verse. From Écrits de jeunesse, Institut Marcel Proust International, 1991.

1 Sonnet en pensant à Daniel Halévy Schoolboy verse. From Écrits de jeunesse, Institut Marcel Proust International, 1991.

1 À Laure Hayman Poem written by Proust in 1889. From Écrits de jeunesse, Institut Marcel Proust International, 1991.

1 Pâles, ainsi qu'on voit... A youthful poem. From Essais et Articles, Gallimard 1971.

1 Poem about chrysanthemums A poem dedicated to Robert de Billy. From the Kolb-Proust archive.

1 Ma main dort dans ta main Love poem of unknown date. From Bulletin d'informations proustiennes, No 23.

1 Laissez pleurer mon coeur entre vos mains fermées Love poem of unknown date. From Poèmes, Gallimard 1982.

1 Comme en la claire cour de l'exquis monastère Love poem, c.1890, to unknown recipient. From Poèmes, Gallimard 1982.

1 Poésie Dedicated to Gustave Laurens de Waru, 1891. From Écrits de jeunesse, Institut Marcel Proust International, 1991.

1 À Jean Boissonnas Poem written by Proust in c.1892. Bulletin de la Société des Amis de Marcel Proust, No 27, 1977.

1 Madame il se peut que j'oublie Short poem of unknown date. From Poèmes, Gallimard 1982.

1 À Madame Lemaire Poem written by Proust in 1894. From Essais et Articles, Gallimard 1971.

1 Mensonges Poem written by Proust in 1894, set to music by Léon Delafosse. Includes an additional extended version. With thanks to Pamela Ann Mellor who translated this. Cahiers Marcel Proust 3, Textes retrouvés, Gallimard, 1971.

1 Portraits of Painters, portraits of Musicians These poems were included in Les Plaisirs et les Jours but not included in Louise Varese's translation Pleasures and Regrets. With thanks to Pamela Ann Mellor who translated this.

1 Antoine Van Dyck Variants of poem in Portraits of Painters. From Poèmes, Gallimard 1982.

1 Paulus Potter Variant of poem in Portraits of Painters. From Poèmes, Gallimard 1982.

1 Épitaphe pour un chien Poem about the death of Loute, Mme Lemaire's dog, October 1896. From Poèmes, Gallimard 1982.

1 Du souvenir des yeux Poem for Reynaldo Hahn. From Adam International, no 260, 1957.

1 Pour Louisa Six lines suppressed from the originally published version. 

1 Poem for Louis d'Albufera Doggerel poem sent to Louis d'Albufera, 1904. 

1 Poem for Albert Sorel From Correspondance, tome V, Plon 1979. new

1 Petit Pastiche de Mme de Noailles From Poèmes, Gallimard 1982.

1 Poem about Marcel Plantevignes A short piece of doggerel from August 1907. From the Kolb-Proust archive.

1 Projets d'inscription sur le nouveau Casino de Cabourg Poem sent in a letter, possibly to Albert Nahmias, c.1908. Bulletin d'informations proustiennes, no 41, Ventes.

1 Mon coeur autrefois doux Poem sent in a letter, to Max Daireaux, October 1908.

1 Délaissant pour un mois les dames du Faubourg Poem about the young men Proust saw in Cabourg. Le Mystérieux Correspondant, Éditions de Fallois, 2019. 

1 Prière du marquis Clermont-Tonnerre Poem from 1910. Bulletin de la Société des Amis de Marcel Proust, No 5, 1955.

1 Stances à Bunchtnibuls Pastiche of Jules Laforgue written for Reynaldo Hahn, Nov 1913. From Du temps perdu au temp retrouvé, Éditions des Équateurs, 2010.

1 Jeunes filles en fleurs Mildly scatalogical poem written after Proust received the Prix Goncourt for À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, Dec 1919. From Poèmes, Gallimard 1982.

1 Ah! Que son port est beau Unpublished poem of unknown date about Céleste. With transcript. From Christie's auction catalogue.

1 Jadis Chateaubriand fit le même voyage Unpublished poem of unknown date. From Christie's auction catalogue.

1 Ode à Paul Morand Response to Morand's Ode à Marcel Proust. From Poèmes, Gallimard 1982.

 


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