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Henri Auguste Barbier (1805–1882)
Barbier, Henri Auguste (bär-bē-ā’). A French poet; born in Paris, April 29, 1805; died at Nice, Feb. 13, 1882. His only success was ‘Iambes’ (1831), inspired by the July revolution, a series of poignant satires, political and social, lashing the moral depravity of the higher classes,—notably the ignoble scramble for office under the new government. His next works, ‘Lamentation’ (1833), bewailing the misfortunes of Italy, and ‘Lazarus’ (1837), in which he describes the misery of the English and Irish laborer, show a considerable falling off; and in those that followed the poet of ‘Iambes’ is scarcely to be recognized. He was elected to the Academy in 1869.