Paul VERLAINE. Autograph poem, [To Cain M…, September 1893]; 1 page, in-12 (14 x 10.5 cm). Working manuscript of a poem attacking Léon Bloy, included in *Invectives* (1896, poem XXII), where it is dated September 1893. It consists of 6 quatrains; this untitled manuscript contains numerous erasures and corrections. “This new Father of the Church (Subject to inventory) Yells at me and orders me to be silent, For my work scandalizes him”… On the back, the final quatrain of piece XXXII from *Bonheur*, copied by Charles Morice for printing.