1825.
Primarily a dramatic poet, he obtained one of the striking successes
of the latter half of the century by his drama _la Fille de Roland_
(1875) which, evoking memories of recent disaster and the dearest
hopes of France, deeply touched the patriotic sentiment of his
country. His lyric poems make but one volume.
Works: _Les Premières Feuilles, 1845_; the volume _Poésiescomplètes,
1881_, contains, besides the poems of the first volume, a number
that appeared at intervals, several of which received prizes from
the Academy, as _l'Isthme de Suez_, 1861, and _la France dans
l'extrême Orient_, 1863; _Poésies complètes,_ new edition, 1894.