Williams, Tennessee. Typed transcript signed ("Tennessee Williams"), Nonno's Poem....

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Williams, Tennessee. Typed transcript signed ("Tennessee Williams"), Nonno's Poem. 1-page (7.9 x 10.5 in.; 200 x 267 mm), no place, no date, entitled "Nonno's Poem / Night of the Iguana / By: Tennessee Williams", followed by the first and last stanzas of the poem. Williams' ink signature significantly faded but legible. Tennessee Williams signs two stanzas from "Nonno's Poem" from Night of the Iguana. The transcript reads in full: How calmly does the orange branch Observe the sky begin to blanch Without a cry, without a prayer, With no betrayal of despair...O courage, could you not as well Select a second place to dwell, Not only in that golden tree But in the frightened heart of Me? [signed] Tennessee Williams. From the collection of William J. Bell.

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