Barthelemy Auguste Marseille

Barthelemy, Auguste Marseille, was born at Marseilles in 1796. Having won some name for versifying, he went to Paris, and in 1825 secured the patronage of the court by a poem called Le Sacre de Charles X. He then went over to the opposition, and in conjunction with Mery wrote La Villeliade, Napoleon en Egypte, and numberless other satires, which led to his imprisonment. The revolution of 1830 set him free, when the two friends published L'Insurrection, one of their happiest efforts. Though his attacks on the government continued, Louis Philippe gave him a pension, and in 1832 he suddenly became a supporter of the crown. His popularity declined, and, in spite of his return to his old principles in 1844, was never recovered. He died in 1867.