Some of her notable poetic works include "Le Cœur innombrable" (The Uncountable Heart, 1901), "L'Ombre des jours" (The Shadow of Days, 1902), and "Les Éblouissements" (The Dazzlements, 1907). Her salon in Paris was a gathering place for many of the leading intellectual and artistic figures of her time, including Marcel Proust, Colette, and Jean Cocteau, among others.
"J’écris pour que le jour où je ne serai plus
On sache comme l’air et le plaisir m’ont plu,
Et que mon livre porte à la foule future
Comme j’aimais la vie et l’heureuse nature."
"I write so that the day I am no more
People will know how the air and the pleasure pleased me,
And that my book will tell the future crowd
How I loved life and happy nature."
L’Ombre des jours, éd. Calmann-Lévy, 1902, chap. VI, p. 169
~Anna de Noailles (15 November 1876 – 30 April 1933)