Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Rondel du monsieur d'un certain âge" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole

Autograph quatrain and quintet of youth signed with thirteen stanzas by Jean Cocteau, 14 lines written in black ink on a cardboard sheet and titled "Rondel du monsieur d'un certain âge".
This manuscript poem, written on a flexible cardboard sheet, was printed in the collection "Le prince frivole" published by Mercure de France in 1910, the poet's second published work.
A small black ink stain above the title inherent to the composition of the poem.
This manuscript of Prince frivole was reputed lost: «Le manuscrit original de la main de Cocteau manque» (Oeuvres poétiques complètes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, page 1842).
The work, praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: «Banville de vingt ans qu'attendent de plus hautes destinées », would be disowned by the author who would go so far as to forbid its reissue.
"Joseph apporte mes armes !
Je lutte avec Cupidon ;
Cuirasse moi d'amidon
Et décore moi de Parme...
...
L'âge et ses dures alarmes
Epargne encor mon bedon
Je pars pour un combat dont
Tu connais les doux vacarmes...
Joseph apporte mes armes ! "