See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

ALBERT See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

VICTOR See also:

• ALBERT VICTOR SAMAIN (1858-1900)

SAMAIN (1858-1900)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LILLE

Lille on the 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1858 . He was educated at the lycee of that See also:

• TOWN

town, and on leaving it entered a See also:

• BANK

bank as a clerk . .He enjoyed no See also:

• LITERARY

literary associations, and his See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed slowly in solitude . About 1884 See also:

• SAMAIN, ALBERT VICTOR (1858-1900)

Samain went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, having obtained a clerkship in the Prefecture de la See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine, which he held for most of his See also:

• LIFE

life . He presently began to send poems to the Mercure de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and these attracted See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . In 1893 he allowed a friend to See also:

• PRINT

print his earliest See also:

• VOLUME

volume of poems, Au Jardin de l'inJante, in a very small edition . This led to the sudden recognition of his talent, and to See also:

• APPLAUSE (Lat. applaudere, to strike upon, clap)

applause from critics of widely different See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . In 1897 this See also:

• BOOK

book was reprinted in a more popular See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, with the addition of a See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section entitled L'Urne penchee . Samain's second volume, Aux }lanes du See also:

• VASE
• VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)

vase, appeared in 1898 . His See also:

• HEALTH

health began to fail and he withdrew to the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, where he died, in the neighbourhood of the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• MAGNY, CLAUDE DRIGON, MARQUIS DE (1797-1879)

Magny-See also:

• LES

les-Hameaux, on the 18th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1900 . A third volume of his poems, Le See also:

• CHARIOT (derived from an O. Fr. word, formed from char, a car)

Chariot d'or, appeared after his See also:

• DEATH

death, with a lyrical See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama, Polypheme (1901), which was produced at the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre de l'cEuvre in 1904 . The fame of Samain rapidly advanced when he was dead, and the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general public awakened to the fact that this isolated writer was a poet of rare originality .

He cultivated a delicate, languid beauty of imagery and an exquisite sense of verbal See also:

• MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

melody without attempting any revolution in See also:

• PROSODY (Gr. rpovwSta)

prosody or identifying himself with any theory . Samain had no See also:

• GREAT

great range of talent, nor was he ambitious of many effects . Samain's natural life was patiently spent in squalid conditions; he escaped from them into an imaginative See also:

• WORLD

world of the most exquisite refinement . He has been compared to See also:

• WATTEAU, ANTOINE (1684-1721)

Watteau and See also:

• SCHUMANN, ROBERT ALEXANDER (1810-1856)

Schumann; in his own See also:

• ART

art he See also:

• BORE

bore some resemblance to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES PIERRE (1821-1867)

Baudelaire, and to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur O'Shaughnessy . See also R . See also:

• DOUMIC, RENE (186o– )

Doumic, Trois Poems," in the Revue See also:

• DES

des deux mondes (Oct . 19o0); L . Bocquet, See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert Samain, sa See also:

• VIE

vie, son teuvre (1905); and E . W . See also:

• GOSSE, EDMUND (1849– )
• GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY (1810–r888)

Gosse, French Profiles (1905) . (E .