289. UN VEUF PARLE and PARABOLES are from Amour.
291. PARABOLES. 1. LE POISSON; the use of the fish in Christian art as a symbol of Christ is well known. Its origin is commonly said to be in the initials of the Greek [Greek: Iaesus Christos Theou Tios Sotaer] which make the word Ichthus (fish). 2. L'ÂNON; cf. St. Mark xi. 3. LES PORCS, etc.; cf. St. Mark v, 13.
ÉMILE BERGERAT.
1845.
Widely known under the name of Caliban as the alert and witty chroniqueur of the Figaro and as the facile rhymester of its lyre comique, has written a few serious poems of direct and vigorous expression, especially under the inspiration of the memory of the war of 1870-71.
Works: Poèmes de la guerre, 1871; la Lyre comique, 1889.
291. PAROLES DORÉES. 17. CYLINDRE, the cylinder or toothed roller of the hand-organ.
FRANÇOIS FABIÉ.
1846.
The son of poor peasants, he has perpetuated the scenes and the simple life of his boyhood and the poverty and rude toil of his country home in verse of deep, pure, and tender feeling.