Ein Erntelied (A Harvest Song)
by Madeleine, Marie [Manuscript Poem]
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- Condition
- Paper with additional horizontal center fold, small fold tear. Erasure marks in the upper right corner on the first side. Signat
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Addison, Texas, United States
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[Manuscript Poem] Marie Madeleine "Ein Erntelied" ("A Harvest Song") c.1905
Manuscript poem by Marie Madeleine, the subject of Ronald K. Siegel's 2016 book The Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine in the Time of Nazis. Folded paper sheet written on two sides, eight verses of four lines each. Text in German.
Signed by Marie Madeleine.
Gertrud Günther (1881-1944), under the pen name of Marie Madeleine, was a Jewish German poet who became infamous for her erotic works on lesbian love and the ecstasy of morphine.
The first few lines translated roughly in English read: A harvest song. / How endlessly the heights spread! - / The path is so steep and narrow, -- / Do you want to lead me across / Over the dark valley? - / On all rustling forests / The sunset glows. / In the yellow fields of corn / Death sits and fiddles. / That sounds so sweet and soft...
From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs.
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- 127
- Title
- Ein Erntelied (A Harvest Song)
- Author
- Madeleine, Marie [Manuscript Poem]
- Book Condition
- Used - Paper with additional horizontal center fold, small fold tear. Erasure marks in the upper right corner on the first side. Signat
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- Poetry, Manuscripts, Autographs, Drugs, Morphine
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