He had no desire to be rich; and he was now more than comfortable in his position of life.
When the news arrived at Agen that Jasmin had been made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, his salon was crowded with sympathetic admirers.
In the evening, a serenade was performed before his door on the Gravier by the Philharmonic Society of Agen.

Indeed, the whole town was filled with joy at the acknowledged celebrity of their poet.

A few years later Pope Pius IX.

conferred upon Jasmin the honour of Chevalier of the Order of St.Gregory the Great.

The insignia of the Order was handed to the poet by Monseigneur de Vezins, Bishop of Agen, in Sept.1850.Who could have thought that the barber-poet would have been so honoured by his King, and by the Head of his Church?
Jasmin's next important poem, after the production of Franconnette was Martha the Innocent .-- {In Gascon, Maltro l'Innoucento; French, Marthe la Folle}.