In October 1840 he visited Oleron, and was received with the usual enthusiasm; and on his return to Pau, he passed the obelisk erected to Despourrins, the Burns of the Pyrenees.

At Pau he recited his Franconnette to an immense audience amidst frenzies of applause.

It was alleged that the people of the Pyrenean country were prosaic and indifferent to art.

But M.
Dugenne, in the 'Memorial des Pyrenees,' said that it only wanted such a bewitching poet as Jasmin--with his vibrating and magical voice--to rouse them and set their minds on fire.
Another writer, M.Alfred Danger, paid him a still more delicate compliment.
"His poetry," he said, "is not merely the poetry of illusions; it is alive, and inspires every heart.

His admirable delicacy! His profound tact in every verse! What aristocratic poet could better express in a higher degree the politeness of the heart, the truest of all politeness."{6} Jasmin did not seem to be at all elated by these eulogiums.