132. EXIL. Between 1868 and 1881; from _les Quatre Vents de l'esprit_, _livre lyrique_. 5. COLOMBE, his daughter Léopoldine. 6. ET TOI, MÈRE; Mme Victor Hugo died in 1868. SAISON DES SEMAILLES. LE SOIR. From les_ Chansons des rues et des bois_. The poem is not dated; the volume appeared in 1865. 133. 2. LABOURS, _plowed fields_. This seems almost to have been written for the well-known painting of "The Sower" by Millet, exhibited in 1850. However, Millet's sower is a young man. UN HYMNE HARMONIEUX. From _les Quatre Vents de l'esprit_, the poem bears no date. 134. PROMENADE DANS LES ROCHERS. From _les Quatre Vents de l'esprit_; not dated. AUGUSTE BRIZEUX. 1803-1858. He is remembered for his simple and touching poems, full of the landscape and of the rural life of his native Brittany. He also translated Dante's Divine Comedy. Works: _Marie_, 1835; _les Ternaires_, 1841 (the title of this collection was later changed to _la Fleur d'or_); _les Bretons_, 1845; _Histoires poétiques_, 1855; _Oeuvres complètes_, 1861, 2 vols.; _Oeuvres_, 4 vols., 1879-84. For reference: Sainte-Beuve, _Portraits contemporains_, vols, ii and iii; Lecigne, _Brizeux, sa vie et ses oeuvres_, Lille, 1898. AUGUSTE BARBIER. 1805-1880. He secured immediate fame by the vigorous satire of his first work, _Iambes_, and he is probably still best remembered for this, though later volumes, especially _Il Pianto_, contain work of more perfect finish. Works: _Iambes_, 1831; _La Popularité_, 1831; _Lazare_, 1833; _Il Pianto_, 1833 (these are now included in one volume, _Iambes et poèmes_); Nouvelles Satires, 1837; _Chants civils et religieux_, 1841; _Rimes héroïques_, 1843; _Sylves_, 1865. For reference: Sainte-Beuve, _Portraits contemporains_, vol. ii. 138. L'IDOLE. May, 1831. The whole poem consists of five parts. 2. MESSIDOR, one of the months of the revolutionary calender, beginning with the nineteenth of June. It was the first of the summer months. MADAME D'AGOULT. 1806-1876. Marie-Sophie Catherine de Flavigny, comtesse d'Agoult, wrote under the pseudonym Daniel Stern. Her work is mainly in prose, in history, criticism and fiction, but she wrote a few lyrics marked by deep and true sentiment. A biographical notice by L. de Ronchand will be found in the second edition of her _Esquisses morales_, 1880. FÉLIX ARVERS. 1806-1851. He wrote mainly for the stage, and left but one volume of poems, _Mes Heures perdues_, which are all forgotten save this famous sonnet. The lady who inspired it is said to have been the daughter of Charles Nodier, afterwards Mme. Mennessier-Nodier. _Mes Heures perdues_ was reprinted in 1878, with a notice of Arvers by Th. de Banville. GÉRARD DE NERVAL. 1808-1855.