[Jasmin: Barber by Samuel Smiles]@TWC D-Link bookJasmin: Barber CHAPTER V 18/26
It was printed at Agen in a quarto form, and sold for a franc.
Jasmin did not attach his name to the poem, but only his initials. Sainte-Beuve, in his notice of the poem, says, "It is a pretty, sentimental romance, showing that Jasmin possessed the brightness and sensibility of the Troubadours.
As one may say, he had not yet quitted the guitar for the flageolet; and Marot, who spoke of his flageolet, had not, in the midst of his playful spirit, those tender accents which contrasted so well with his previous compositions.
And did not Henry IV., in the midst of his Gascon gaieties and sallies, compose his sweet song of Charmante Gabrielle? Jasmin indeed is the poet who is nearest the region of Henry IV."{6} Me cal Mouri was set to music by Fourgons, and obtained great popularity in the south.
It was known by heart, and sung everywhere; in Agen, Toulouse, and throughout Provence.
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