VERLAINE Paul (1844-1896). Autograph POEM signed "Paul Verlaine," to Charles de Sivry, [1890]; 1 1/2 pages in-8. 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 Dédicaces in 1890 (part XXIX). This draft presents variants with the final text. "Artist you until the fantastic Poet me until the stupidity We here is the beard to half gray Me crazy of my verses and you of music "... This draft is written in the purple pencil then corrected in the 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 "...