Recently a copybook and a notebook belonging to Karl Marx's eldest sister Sophie were discovered among the documents of Heinrich Marx's heirs in Trier.Alongside verses by different people they contain some by the young Marx.Most of them were taken from other copybooks,but some were new.
Marx was very critical of the literary qualities of his early poems but he believed that they conveyed his warm and sincere feelings.
Later on,his view of them grew even more critical.Laura Lafargue,for example,wrote,"My father treated his verses very disrepectfully;
whenever my parents mentioned them,they would laugh to their heart'content."
[2]This album contains 12poems of which the ballads "Lucinda."
"Distraught"and "The Pale Maiden,"and the poem "Human Pride"were later included by Marx in the book of verse dedicated to his father.
[3]This album is the bulkiest of the three dedicated to Jenny von Westphalen.It contains 53poems of which "Yearning,""Siren Song."
"Two Singers Accompanying Themselves on the Harp"and "Harmony"were included by Marx in the book of verse dedicated to his father.