VISCOMTE DE EVARISTE DESIRE DESFORGES PARNY
\vˈɪskɒmt dəɹ ɪvɑːɹˈiːst dɪzˈa͡ɪ͡ə dɪsfˈɔːd͡ʒɪz pˈɑːni], \vˈɪskɒmt dəɹ ɪvɑːɹˈiːst dɪzˈaɪə dɪsfˈɔːdʒɪz pˈɑːni], \v_ˈɪ_s_k_ɒ_m_t d_ə_ɹ ɪ_v_ɑː_ɹ_ˈiː_s_t d_ɪ_z_ˈaɪə d_ɪ_s_f_ˈɔː_dʒ_ɪ_z p_ˈɑː_n_i]\
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A French poet; born in the Isle of Bourbon, Feb. 6, 1753; died at Paris, Dec. 5, 1814. He won celebrity through his volume of "Erotic Poems", which first appeared in incomplete form 1778, completed 1781: Voltaire saluted him, "My dear Tibullus". In 1799 he published "The War of the Gods", afterward enlarged and named "The Christianide": it is a cynical and impious attack upon all religions. He published (1805) "The Stolen Portfolio", containing "Venus's Disguises", "Gallantries of the Bible", "Paradise Lost".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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