Laurent TAILHADE (1854-1919). Autograph poem signed, Le Blason de Flore, August 1882; 3 pages in-4 in violet ink. Attached is a L.A.S. [to Georges Lecomte]. The manuscript was used for printing in the magazine La Cravache; it shows erasures and corrections, and a stanza added in the margin, as well as an added note on Ariel. The poem has 20 quatrains, and is dedicated "To Mary in heaven"; it was collected in Vitraux (Léon Vanier, 1891): "It's an ornate garden for metamorphoses Where Benserade teaches his rondeaux to the Follets, Où Puck avec Trilby, près des lacs violets, Débitent des fadeurs, en d'adorables poses"... Attached is a L.A.S. [to Georges Lecomte], requesting consideration of changes to his column. "Do the political opinions of the magazine allow us to call the Elysée Grévy balls jump dogs"... (2 p. in-12, ornate card).