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.