Holograph Poem, Signed by 'Sir Krishna Bhalnagar | Temporary clerk | Rawalpindi Arsenal', in the form of an epistle to his employer [Lieut.-Col. Edward Barnes Peacock, 31st Punjab Regiment], beginning 'Oh Sir! Words are, but inadequate to reveal'.

1p., 4to. Neatly written-out within a red ruled decorative border. In fair condition, on aged and lightly-creased paper. The poem is twelve lines long, and begins: 'Oh Sir! Words are, but inadequate to reveal, | Humble and penetent [sic] as I, admittedly, feel | To own my hapless grevious folly | In venturing to accost you unceremoniously; | And it grives me all the more to state | That in my guileless efforts to propitiate | I have only given you an offence so grave | That on my knees, your pardon, I humbly crave'. In addition to fancying himself as a poet, Bhatnagar was clearly attached to Peacock: the latter's papers contain another poem from him, 'Read at the eve of his departure on leave', and titled 'We loved you Colonel Peacock'.