VERLAINE Paul (1844-1896). Autograph poem signed "Paul Verlaine", to Charles de Sivry, [1890]; 1 page and a half in-8. Draft of the very first draft, crossed out and corrected. This sonnet, in honor of his friend the musician Charles de SIVRY (1848-1900) was published in the first edition of Dedicaces in 1890 (part XXIX). This draft presents variants with the definitive text. " Artist you until the fantastic Poet me until the stupidity We here the beard to half gray Me mad of my verses and you of music "... This draft is written in purple pencil and then corrected in black ink, with numerous erasures and corrections. On the back of the sheet, we discover the beginning of the poem XIV of Happiness (6 verses) : " Be of bronze and marble, and especially be of flesh "...