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MISCELLANEOUS VERSES--BERANGER--'MES SOUVENIRS'-- PAUL DE.
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During the next four years Jasmin composed no work of special importance.

He occasionally wrote poetry, but chiefly on local subjects.
In 1828 he wrote an impromptu to M.Pradel, who had improvised a Gascon song in honour of the poet.

The Gascon painter, Champmas, had compared Jasmin to a ray of sunshine, and in 1829 the poet sent him a charming piece of verse in return for his compliment.
In 1830 Jasmin composed The Third of May, which was translated into French by M.Duvigneau.It appears that the Count of Dijon had presented to the town of Nerac, near Agen, a bronze statue of Henry IV., executed by the sculptor Raggi--of the same character as the statue erected to the same monarch at Pau.

But though Henry IV.