1550-1630.
Soldier as well as poet, he was a leader of the Huguenots in the wars
that ended with the accession of Henry IV. After the assassination of
Henry IV., his safety became more and more threatened in France, and
he withdrew finally to Geneva. His main work is a long descriptive
and narrative poem, but in many parts essentially lyrical, _les
Tragiques_, a fierce picture of France in the civil wars. In his
lyrics, which comprise _stances, odes_, and _élégies_, he is a
follower of the tradition of Ronsard.
Works: _Les Tragiques_, 1616; a recent edition is by L. Lalanne, 1857;
also in the _Oeuvres complètes_, par MM. Reaume et de Caussade, 4
vols., 1873-77.
For reference: Pergameni, _la Satire au seizième siècle et les
Tragiques d'Agrippa d'Aubignê_, 1881; E. Faguet, _le Seizième siècle_,
1893.
15. L'HYVER. 14. IRONDELLES, _hirondelles_. 19. N'ESLOIGNE, _ne
s'éloigne de_.
16. 2. COMME IL FIT, i.e. _comme il alluma des flammes_. 10. SEREINES,
_sirènes_. 14. USAGE, _fruition_.