, 1875-03-13
FRANCE FALLEt|,

"Fallan. fa,t.2. falIa,. ta1t,n,
Fsl.sn 1nHr Ms hlkl, lstaia. -.
Ta,r rrancel that onco amidst tho na,tona stool,
!aerlrsa in beauty, inptclliess iu thy Graec&
Ilow art lhnu tcsolalc IN lily widowl!ooli
How How hah thou fallen from thy pride of rlacsbi
How rhAtl tue cnunR years loo 1Narks etface
Lett iu Tho tra;k 1t sierra reieniless War -
Deoli-rawnlna farrowa plnnR!I In tho bright laeo
Of t!Y bright land. rs, iatc. Ills rauderoe CIR,
sliaklns the nations lassd. with harah and dsyati
Over Thy sons. 1Yars JnGeernsnt 11nlh rollN,
@ e I'd H. rrsss u II ~ yfs. H. ;nd taf ;sI
Tue record, aud we hud Gl0riona nat.,D
1nhcril,ed Il, thereon 1 ctlaractera Of hlnlet I
seutns grown at ialti rus r,nissty Il Fsan,r al,s
auFlJ 1a,.e 70 10 'sEth' lf' 10y boneath 'ho Goa
And thou. the wonder ct cur ,fo;7cru .Ass,
InFa ;Is q lar'* cot.lucFors md mighty knz
Where r;cpt thy tliundtra7 Wheru lin u;Mrfo, ~,
Ihy toea unto deasrnctiunt Tnon alone- 80
GrrIteht of warriors i-f1r thy FrAuca could brinu
,,Lr Nict1rr from esl defeat, WHOM aho lay prone,
AollAess. 4fr Empire lost, ler Donarch ind hit
Glrpusl ~
Ihosl. sleeping silent IN tbs l,1nka OF Be.ne,
Ahl1tist Tue htnt'io thou hadKt loyl 70 weI1t
G"uid 9; hug o!:o hour Of shre hays come sgain,
Jts story of p'artnaatcting Genius! Well
TortlIy hnaH cotluerors t1Gt III tho ,,rave
~ Ils Astitsr Of Conquest sleeps! 1ltc;r I;acll
Had eise. long Rneo been r,ti.g, in tifnc 10 rIa
FRANCO hha her sona froin kAunc, thst wlclui hu
And yat her fate pIlo tcmptell pastiDy
Iracl.inld oncu lupEe ae i!ult her w.ywsrd chilli
Ellc fHt was lcr own destroyer! Thus w seo
tFoenlen rcttring) her niatlnc.s Wild
Iur.lH gushnEty to rcul he, sclfl Voc, Mira
la woes for thee. sal land and fer th,se iiuyr
Warsn fato 1,llld direst llate dnalre Exil1u
From reakoh and from Judgment, thou ,nnst bc..
Ihy sclf-iullletS1 l'aags n anguish mud doapalsl
Thon vert ths Rlare Of Glory t-fas.l wort,I-
70 Thirt, tllou owdst thy greatness. us durllnr;
Drew aho,stingly, mud towards tho reaccful Hhjns
Mafrtti thy proud eoiumnst Nan NAV not combir.
france crush ia j tl,u sctln Of lcrseHi Couliou
II; The punishment Of 1le1vci,. TINT. frownlngly,
Thrust baek the maddcnu hardes of Scf-idolat.,f
nob'cr watchword, Francet ths German topEs.
pronoupcCa unto Earth, beforo which thtne
S1nEs s9I.I into insieniaeance.- loud sung
Will Wild fcrtpr from lhetr watch on lttnn:
:" God anl our 1ather1an4ln That so,luti In linz
1salltea their serrie1 rGnke, and still ahall 10
Ils!r inspiration, Anly and benign.
"Glory and France |" rales j,lcficrtna1lv
pefars thy rfsing star, unIscl Gor1nauyi
And In this strength an carnes. nation gtoot,
70 conquer Freedom anil nuIia uatnc.
writing lIer history IN her own helrtA t.Inol.
An! waslinB out tho rccord Of her sllatne;
Mni, "'a ~ hvr, Erssnsl, cysrywhcre e1elaim.
uttcTing bahlo-cry t., stir The lame
" r,triot.bcarts, have left Joxterty
Thls wascA~ozl 1t tho soul. l.--this csy Of Lbes.yi
Yet, fro,n Tho uEock OF ihy Dead Past, ar1ao
WIN l!ew ,o1'e. thou suru and bleeding landI
and, from tho inspiration of iho sxics,
lknew thy strength, regain thy scf-conmaua;
yrue 10 thyse1H IN to thy 0ol Ftill stand.
Msneeforwaz1. L., only vhero tho Right ehall bo