[Lord Granville [Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville], Liberal politician.] Original unpublished Autograph Poem (‘Oh! Mr. Delane, Oh! Mr. Delane’) to the editor of The Times, with reference to Landseer, Sir Robert Peel and others.

See both men's entries in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, folded twice for postage, and with negligible remnants of windowpane mount adhering at edges of blank reverse of second leaf. A pleasant specimen of ‘Vers de société’ (The recipient's entry in the Oxford DNB states that 'In the social circles which Delane frequented [...] he was welcomed as a delightful companion').The poem consists of twenty-two lines in heroic couplets, unsigned and without any other text. The poem reads as follows: ‘Oh! Mr. Delane, Oh! Mr. Delane, / Pray why do you put your friends to such pain? / And having promised to come on a lark, / When do you hide like a thief in the dark? / A great disappointment was felt, I ween, / When you did not appear at Solon’s Green, / Count Pukler, remarking the empty chair, \ Lamented the man who was wanted there, / For a moment the Doctor’s fun was still, \ And he failed for a while his glass to fill. / While that artful Artist Sir E. Landseer, / Simmered in grief, and pea soup did appear. / Sir Robert proposed to write to the Times, / But could not decide for prose, or rhymes, / While as o the noble Lord President, / by shame & vexation, utterly bent, / The only comfort he ever could feel, / Came from the eyes of fair Emily Peel. / - / Oh! Mr. Delane, Oh! Mr. Delane / Pray never throw over your friends again. / And though it may be not quite in your line, / Submit to your fate, and at the farm dine -’.