Exiled, in his last year of life, Dom Pedro II pays tribute to a French institution with a poem.
Handwritten poem by Dom Pedro II for the Stanislas Institute.
One page, in French.
11.2 cm x 17.6 cm.
France, 1890.
Excellent condition of conservation.
Unique piece.
At Stanislas College,
Le grec et le latin nous font mieux connaitre sans preque l´oublier ce que fait la nature Beauté read two toujours notre littérature et deux mères, beau monstre la faisant paraitre The calculation of the integrity of the maitre Que sin rendra doux ainsi que la peinture Don't complete the effect at Sainte Ecriture Feront toute ignorance certes disparaitre And if he finally landed some hours I need a remedy for a great détress Je say que toujours au collège Stanislas It's not even famous that even if it stopped Of savoir meme peu étant toujours fort las
D Pedro d´Alcantara
That all these verses are composite In a foreign language It is not out of concern S'il croit if you take off your affairs
Dom Pedro II enjoyed France and, particularly, Cannes, a city in the south of the country where he usually went to take long walks, study and relax. The city is currently known for its international film festival. In addition, it is home to a school that would become renowned, the Stanislas Institute, a place where members of the Brazilian royal family used to study and which D. Pedro II pays homage to with his poem.
With the Republic proclaimed on November 15, 1889, Dom Pedro II left Brazil with the imperial family. Therefore, the documents of the Emperor on this last trip, a year before his death in Paris, are quite unusual. The production of poems by Dom Pedro II seems to have been a rare exercise and symbolizes well his love for the arts, sciences, and, in short, for knowledge.
