Victor HUGO. Autograph manuscript; 1 page in-8 on the back of a fragment of a printed tract of the Proscrits démocrates-socialistes de France of October 31, 1852. First draft copy of about fifteen verses, crossed out after copying, of which we find verses in "Sous terre" of Toute la Lyre, and in "Tout le Passé et tout l'Avenir". "Racine who comes to bite me Through the holes of my coffin - Who are you then? - I am the rose. - And what do you want? - To drink your blood. [...] Why this empty shadow where the day ends? Why the wild beast and why the vermin? "...