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.