Autograph confirmation poem for his daughter
Autograph poem signed ("Fr. Hebbel").
8vo. 1 p. In German.
€ 4,500.00
Four quatrains inscribed “Into my daughter’s prayer book for her Confirmation”, a tender devotional poem opening “Das Mägdlein tritt im weißen Feierkleid / Zum ersten Mal vor Gott an den Altar, / Und auch der Greisin hält man es bereit, / Die niedersinkt an ihrer Todtenbahr”.
A succinct family context manuscript that reveals Hebbel’s inward, religious tone alongside his better known tragic voice. The concise stanzaic form and occasion inscription suggest an album or prayer book leaf prepared for a rite of passage, preserving Hebbel’s autograph text and signature. A fine example of Hebbel’s occasional verse, balancing piety with the sober reflections on life and death characteristic of his later lyric manner.
Well preserved.
