The article discusses how french poets Judith Gautier, Catulle Mendès, and Villiers de l'Isle-Adam became a musical trio for German composer Richard Wagner. Topics include the three ways how Gautier, Mendès, and de l'Isle-Adam acted as microcosm for Wagner's French reception, the visits of the French poets in Tribschen, Switzerland, and the poetry and music by de l'Isle-Adam.