It is this finished felicity of expression which distinguishes great writers.

The vulgar cannot accomplish it." Again Nodier says of the 'Recollections': "They are an ingenuous marvel of gaiety, sensibility, and passion! I use," he says, "this expression of enthusiasm; and I regret that I cannot be more lavish in my praises.
There is almost nothing in modem literature, and scarcely anything in ancient, which has moved me more profoundly than the Souvenirs of Jasmin.
"Happy and lovely children of Guienne and Languedoc, read and re-read the Souvenirs of Jasmin; they will give you painful recollections of public schools, and perhaps give you hope of better things to come.

You will learn by heart what you will never forget.

You will know from this poetry all that you ought to treasure." Jasmin added several other poems to his collection before his second volume appeared in 1835.

Amongst these were his lines on the Polish nation--Aux debris de la Nation Polonaise, and Les Oiseaux Voyageurs, ou Les Polonais en France--both written in Gascon.