l842.
He was born in Cuba, but was educated and has resided in France. He
attracted notice among the _Parnassiens_ by the degree of perfection
with which he rendered in words the element of plastic beauty and the
rare finish and precision of his style. He has used almost exclusively
the form of the sonnet, to which he has given a new power and
amplitude.
Works: _Les Trophies_, 1893 (many of the sonnets composing this volume
had appeared in the _Revue des Deux Mondes_ and elsewhwere and had
long been admired).
For reference: J. Lemaitre, _les Contemorains_, vol. ii, 1887; F.
Brunetière, _Évolution de la poésie lyrique_, vol. ii, 1894; M. de
Vogüé, _Devant le siècle_, 1896; Edmund Gosse, _Critical Kit-Kats_,
New York, 1896.
278. ANTOINE ET CLÉOPÂTRE. LE CYDNUS. This is the name of the river on
which Tarsus is situated. 18. LAGIDE; the line of the Ptolemies, to
which Cleopatra belonged, was descended from Lagus; the first Ptolemy
was commonly called the son of Lagus.
279. 18. BUBASTE ET SAÏS; Bubastis and Saïs were ancient cities of
importance in the Delta of the Nile.
280. 6. LES CONQUÉRANTS. PALOS, the famous Spanish port from which
Columbus sailed. MOGUER, a small town a little above Palos. 9.
CIPANGO, the name given by Marco Polo in the account of his travels to
an island or islands east of Asia, supposed to be Japan.