Carve, burnish, build thy theme,-- But fix thy wavering dream In the stern rock supreme. --- [Transcribers notes: I have created this online text from two sources: _E?maux et came?es_ by The?ophile Gautier (Paris: Charpentier, 1872), and Agnes Lee's English translation entitled _Enamels and Cameos_, published in Volume XXIV of _The Complete Works of The?ophile Gautier_ (Cambridge, MA: University Press, John Wilson and Son, 1903). Lee added line indentations for most of the poems which were not present in Gautier's original text, so I have not included them here. Apart from this, the online text follows Lee's translation, including her dedicatory sonnet.]