Lionnet, Anatole - Autograph Poem Signed

French writer (1832-1896), composer, and performer.

Autograph poem titled “Impromptu” signed by her. Lionnet pens five stanzas: “Je voudrais bien éloquemment/Répondre à ce toast si charmant/Qui vous trouble et qui nous remue,/Mais devant tant d’amenité,/Je me sens l’âme, en vérité,/Fort émue…”.

The poem appears in the volume “Souvenir et anecdotes” (1888) by Hyppolite and Anatole Lionnet. Size is 8 x 11.5 inches, 1 page, folds, incomplete upper-left corner, otherwise in very good condition.