1842.
He is especially the poet of the _vie des humbles_. His talent is not
pre-eminently lyric, and he has tended to escape
from the lyric domain in different directions, into the narrative
poem, the drama, and the novel, in each of which he has achieved
success. He is probably the most popular living French poet.
Works: _Le Reliquaire_, 1866; _Intimités_, 1868; _Poèmes modernes_,
1869; _les Humbles_, 1872; _Promenades et intérieurs_, 1872; _le
Cahier rouge_, 1874; _Olivier_, 1875; _l'Exilée_, 1876; _les Mois_,
1877; _Contes en vers et poésies diverses_, 1881 and 1887;
_Poèmes et récits_, 1886; _Arrière-saison_, 1887; _les Paroles
sincères_, 1890; _Oeuvres_, 5 vols., 1885-91.
For reference: M. de Lescure, François Coppée; _L'Homme, la Vie, et
l'Oeuvre_ (1842-1889), 1889; J. Lemaître, _les Contemporains_, vol. i,
1886; F. Brunetière. _Évolution de la poésie lyrique_, vol. ii, 1894;
Alcée Fortier, _Sept Grands Auteurs du XIXe Siècle_, Boston, 1889.