← Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreElegies et Romancesby Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreRomantic poetry of love, loss, and feminine longingFind on Amazon↗About the authorMarceline Desbordes-ValmoreFrench Romantic poet and actress considered the first French woman Romantic poet. Her verse addressing maternal grief and love was admired by Baudelaire and Verlaine.More by Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreLes PleursEmotional poems on grief, weeping, and heartbreak→Pauvres FleursCollection depicting humble beauty and faded flowers→Bouquets et PriereDevotional poetry blending prayer and romantic sentiment→Collected Poems→