HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet and Novelist. An excellent Autograph Poem by Hugo, signed at the base `Victor Hugo´, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. Hugo cleanly writes a six Alexandrine verses poem, stating in part `Donnez, riches! L´aumône est soeur de la prière - Hélas quand un vieillard, sur votre seuil de pierre, - Tout raidi par l´hiver, en vain tombe à genoux - Quand les petits enfants…... La face du seigneur se détourne de vous!´ (Translation: `Give, rich! Almsgiving is sister to prayer - Alas when an old man, on your stone threshold, - All stiffened by winter, in vain falls to his knees - When little children…... The face of the Lord turns away from you!´) Overall age tone, mostly to edges with a stain only very slightly affecting one word. G The present poem was published in the collection Les Feuilles D´Automne (1831)