‘from Hamlet's land to Shakespeare's land' ANDERSEN HANS CHRISTIAN: (1805-1875) Danish Author and Poet, famous for his fairy tales. A charming autograph poem, unsigned, one page, 8vo, Rolighed, June 1867, in Danish. Andersen's octave reads, in full, 'Yesterday came a greeting from the coast of Bretland/ It came from the filled warm chest/ to all the loved ones here at home;/ now we send greeting to him today/ It comes with the electric beat of the heart/ and right away he will sense it/ It is only a little wishful span/ from Hamlet's land to Shakespeare's land'. Rare in this form. One corner very slightly neatly clipped, otherwise VG The final line of Andersen's verse playfully links Denmark with England with its reference to William Shakespeare's longest play, Hamlet.