- Morning Good Thought by Arthur Rimbaud
- My Mind Is All Weary by Pierre De Ronsard
- Sometimes It Is a Duty to Fertilize Horror by Victor Hugo
- The Carter in the Mud by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Fly and the Ant by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Old Man and the Ass by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Old Woman and the Two Servants by Jean De La Fontaine
- The Wolf and the Dog by Jean De La Fontaine
Work
Poems and fables about work, effort and reward. La Fontaine wrote “The Carter in the Mire” (“Heaven helps those who help themselves”) and “The Wolf and the Dog”, in which the wolf prefers freedom to a collar. Rimbaud (“Bonne pensée du matin”), Victor Hugo and Ronsard complete the theme.
