1841.
He holds an honorable place among the poetae minores by poems distinguished for the sincerity and simple truth of their record of nature and humble experience.
Works: Floréal, 1870; Vieux Airs et Jeunes Chansons. 1884; Bouquet d'automne, 1890.
FRANÇOIS COPPÉE.
1842.
He is especially the poet of the vie des humbles. His talent is not pre-eminently lyric, and he has tended to escape
from the lyric domain in different directions, into the narrative poem, the drama, and the novel, in each of which he has achieved success. He is probably the most popular living French poet.
Works: Le Reliquaire, 1866; Intimités, 1868; Poèmes modernes, 1869; les Humbles, 1872; Promenades et intérieurs, 1872; le Cahier rouge, 1874; Olivier, 1875; l'Exilée, 1876; les Mois, 1877; Contes en vers et poésies diverses, 1881 and 1887;
Poèmes et récits, 1886; Arrière-saison, 1887; les Paroles sincères, 1890; Oeuvres, 5 vols., 1885-91.
For reference: M. de Lescure, François Coppée; L'Homme, la Vie, et l'Oeuvre (1842-1889), 1889; J. Lemaître, les Contemporains, vol. i, 1886; F. Brunetière. Évolution de la poésie lyrique, vol. ii, 1894; Alcée Fortier, Sept Grands Auteurs du XIXe Siècle, Boston, 1889.