O sacred cup, &c. Pour for us, mingled with thy generous wine, Knowledge of Truth and Beauty, both in one, And lofty joys and ravishments divine That laugh at Death and bid its fears begone. O sacred cup, &c. Pour out for us the gift of poesy, That all things living we may fitly sing; The only true ambrosial nectar she That changes man, to god transfiguring. O sacred cup, &c. Ye that at last with us consenting are, Now for the glory of this land most dear, O Catalonian brothers, from afar Unite with us in this communion here. O sacred cup, &c. (Trans. Alma Strettell.) Thus little by little the Félibrige, first started by Roumanille and promoted by his political pamphlets, his Christmas Songs and Popular Tales, was developed by Mistral into a national movement. This was shown clearly in his second important work, _Calandal_, a poem in twelve cantos (1867), which from that time divided the honours with _Mireille_. The two poems were in striking contrast one to the other. _Mireille_ depicted the Provence of the Crau and the Camargue, _Calandal_ the Provence of the mountains and the sea. _Mireille_ was virgin honey, _Calandal_ the lion’s mane. In the latter poem, Mistral attempted to give perhaps too much local colour to please the general public, in spite of the incomparable style. The reception of this work by the Félibres, however, was enthusiastic, the heroic symbolism and eloquence of the poet, speaking in the name of all vindicators of his race, gave birth to a set of mystic patriots and created the Félibréen religion. Little by little, thanks to the vital impulse given by Mistral, Félibrige crossed the Rhône. After having aroused some fervent proselytes, such as Louis Roumieux and Albert Arnavielle at Nîmes and Alais, it resulted at Montpellier in the inauguration of the “Society for studying Ancient Languages,” under the auspices of Baron de Tourtoulon. The work of this group scientifically justified the raising and purifying of the Oc language. Strengthened by the support of the learned and lettered officials, up to that period refractory, the Félibrige movement, already Provençal and Catalan, now became Latin also. The memorable occasion of the Centenary Fête of Petrarch in 1874 at Avignon, presided over by Aubanel and initiated by Monsieur de Berluc-Perussis, was the first international consecration of the new literature and of the glory of Mistral. A large assembly of the philological Société Romane in 1875, followed by the Latin Fêtes at Montpellier in 1876, at which the young wife of the poet was elected Queen of the Félibres, definitely confirmed the importance of a poetic renaissance which the author of _Mireille_ and _Calandal_ had developed from a small intimate society into a wide social movement.