Béranger

On the fall of Napoleon, Béranger took it upon himself to sing the glory of the fallen empire in elegiac strains.

At the outset of the Nineteenth Century, Béranger definitely determined to follow the career of letters.

That Béranger should have advocated my poem is an honor beyond price; but--but I need more than this to make me happy.

Béranger waited till he was himself beyond the reach of want, before writing the Old Vagabond or Jacques.

Béranger tells us he found prison life, with its regular hours and long evenings, both pleasant and profitable.