Paul CLAUDEL. Autograph manuscript of 12 poems for Visages radieux, [1946?]; 8 pages in-8 (at his crossed-out address of 4, Avenue Hoche) and 3 pages small in-4. Beautiful set of 12 short poems collected for the 2nd edition of Visages radieux. [The first edition of Visages radieux was published in January 1945 by Walter Egloff (L.U.F.) and ran to 45 pages; the second edition, enlarged to 141 pages, appeared in March 1947 with the same publisher]. This manuscript must have been sent to Egloff; it bears at the head: "Quelques [he had originally written "Encore 3"] poëmes retrouvés à joindre à Visages radieux". It brings together the following poems, written between 1930 and 1946 (the dates have been added in the edition): Insomnie (20 lines): "Pas tout à faità demi /Pas tout à fait endormi"... Dans la nuit (couplet): "I'm asleep. Am I asleep? Insomnie (16 lines, in memory of his grandson Charles Henri): "Mon petit enfant béni / Mon frère Charles Henri"... Easter (20 lines): "Noir noir noir / Tout est noir"... Le Jugement (37 lines): "Quand le Juge / Il est là! During performances of Le Soulier de satin (quatrain): "Rodrigue! dit-elle" ("Rodrigue! she says")... L'invitation à dormir (18 lines, some added): "Pauvre enfant à mes pieds sur ce lit de torture" ("Poor child at my feet on this bed of torture")... Un abîme à ma disposition (eight lines): "Un abîme à ma disposition? Une nuit de novembre (3 quatrains): "Et pourquoi, je vous prie, / Ne dormirais-je pas"... Cœur perdu (12 lines): "Lost heart, where are you? Le Visiteur nocturne (6 verses): "It's night. Get up quickly! The message intended for you"... Sainte Rose de Lima (quatrain): "Pure honor from another climate"...