1768-1848.
An enormous literary force at the beginning of this century; M. E.
Faguet calls him the "greatest date in French letters since the
Pleiad." But the instrument of his power was prose. His attempts in
verse were poor. Yet he exercised a direct influence towards the
renewal of lyric poetry, as has been indicated in the introduction.
For reference: E. Faguet, _Études littéraires sur le dix-neuvième
siècle_, 1887 ; F. Brunetière, _l'Évolution de la poésie lyrique au
dix-neuvième siècle_, vol. i, 1894.
39. LE MONTAGNARD EXILÉ. Introduced into the prose tale, _le Dernier
des Abencérages_ (1807). "J'en avais composé les paroles pour un air
des montagnes d'Auvergne remarquable par sa douceur et sa simplicité."
(Author's note.) 24. la Dore, a rapid stream in the department Puy-
de-Dôme, flowing into the Allier. 27. l'airain, i.e. the bell.