1810-1838.
In his short and unhappy struggle with poverty and illness he produced
a few graceful short stories and a thin volume of verse, _le Myosotis_
(1838), that reveals a genuine, though not remarkable, lyric gift.
See Sainte-Beuve, _Causeries du lundi_, vol. iv. The poems of _le
Myosotis_, and some others, now make vol. ii. of his _Oeuvres
complètes_, 2 vols., 1890-91.
141. LA FERMIÈRE. This poem was sent as a New Year's gift to Madame
Guérard, who had taken the poet in and entertained him when ill.
142. 31. FILS DE LA VIERGE, "débris de toiles d'araignée que le vent
emporte"; air-thread, gossamer.