I found the following passage in a chapter on Delius by Cecil Gray that might be relevant in the present context. Bearing in mind that Gray calls "Paris" (1899) "a comparatively late work" he writes,
"I myself have seen the manuscripts of quite twenty early works, all in the larger forms, and including several operas, written in the course of a very few years. In them Delius reveals as sound a technical training and as complete a mastery of conventional conservatoire musicianship as any academy professor could desire."
Not discounting the operas, the early violin sonata, the first version of the piano concerto, the Florida suite, Over the Hills and Far away, and several other things of larger proportions written prior to 1899 it's still difficult to reach a tally of "quite twenty early works" in the larger forms known to have been written by Delius. Of course, like Bauer's mention of a "Symphony" it's all too vague and generalised to draw any conclusions, but it makes me wonder if there are some larger Delius works, perhaps including a "Leaves of Grass symphony" awaiting re-discovery.
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