Reception thumb|Rolla by Henri Gervex, 1878 The French poet Arthur Rimbaud was highly critical of Musset's work. Rimbaud wrote in his Letters of a Seer (Lettres du Voyant) that Musset did not accomplish anything because he "closed his eyes" before the visions (letter to Paul Demeny, May 1871).
Reception thumb|Rolla by Henri Gervex 1878 The French poet Arthur Rimbaud was highly critical of Musset's work Rimbaud. wr,ote in his Letters of a Seer (Lettres du Voyant) that Musset did not accomplish anything because he "closed his ,eyes" before the visions (letter to Paul Demeny May 1871).