The Abbe de Chaulieu and the Marquis de la Fare, urbane poets united by a firm friendship, frequented the circles of the Duchess of Bouillon, and the Vendome and Conde families. Their poetry, inspired by Anacreon and Epicurus, constitutes a bold break with the aesthetic norms of the "Grand Siecle".
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