The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-10
THE MARsEILLAIsE HYMN.
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 n Lousle-SAalsner. n ara. | country oi though, and energy. 4s are ai~4Hs the n oun,ain towns. Fk!s young nan loved
 war like so.dse, revelsiien ike phi- losophef He charmed by hl> verse and music Inc .2zy .mPA.leuce oi :he gar
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 muse and poetry. he Eeq tented free. the house et Dietrich. paino; ef Alsaee and mayor of Sir2soousg The wlie and young daughters oi D.e;uoh shared the
 enihH HsiassEa teE patriotism and .hc .eyo- luton. winch paipi,A,ca cspcciA.iy on the
 frontiers. They 4drrIred the young off cer they inspired his hear;. hls poe;i1. hls rnus.e. They performed ;he a.Si oi hls musioal inspirations, conatent ;ha; hls genus would eventually make itself known. l, ~As the winter oi -s,,. Wan, reignec n suAsboars. The home Q: DIcirioh was poor. me board frugal. ba, nospita6.e Tor koase. Ge lisle, the young man was seated there morning and eyea.as. ASe a son and brother Q, the fanny. One day. waen ;aere had only been some bread and some s.4ces oi smoked ham upon the :45.e. D.e,uch looked a, De f!sle w3fh a sac calm. and said Abundance fails a: GET ieasis :. bat what matter. Il enthusiasm does not ;ail a. our cssl. iea,is and courage 4t o-i soldiers heaT;s have s;... one .a.; -o,tle oi wine n my cellar: leI | De brought he sad n ane of hls daughters
 and ~e wll dr.nS ;e .oey,y aRG 10 our country. a,rasoouTs oggh, 10 nave soon a pa,rlo,le le.eo5anon, and De Isle sho.ld araw lp ~I;a these last drops one oi those hymns ~h;ch can carry 10 the soal .: inc people the enthusiasm from whence they spIang. The young girls applauded. osough, ,he wine. n.led the glasses Of iheir old father and oi ihe young officer til the liquor was exhausted. l, vas midnl ghi and the cold without was in- tense. De l'lsie was thoughtful, hls heart was touched. The cold seized him and he entered ms solitary chamber to:- ,erng He sought slowly for inspiration. firss Tn the raipiraiion of his citizen $ sosl. then upon the keys of his artists instrument, composing firsi the ar wI,h2a out the words, then the words without the air. and associating them in such way n his thoughts that he was no, able 10 tell himself whether notes or verse were born hrst. and SD that II WAS impos- sible 10 separate the poetry from the music and the sentiment from the exprcs- sion. He sang oniv and wrote no, al all OseIoome with this dlylne Inspira- ton. he fell asleep with his head upon the instrument. and dtd not wake Ill he morning sun was bright.
 The songs of the nigh, befeEe recured ;S a.s ...SsIioTy vaguely, like the inpres sions of a dream He wrote them. noted them, and hastened to the house of Die ,rich. lie found the latter Tn his garden digging wi;h spade. with his own hands. l the le,,uces for winter. The wife and eAS SSHtSis VI AaiC S4d ks4AAsot ha0 ANh sCk arisen. Dietrich awakened them, and i called some friends who were as passion 1 ately fond of music as himself, and capa- ble of exc, ct.ng the composition of De fisie. The eldes; daughter of Dietrich played the accompaniment, Rouget sang. At the first verse, the faces paled al the second, tears hQwed al the last verses, the deiirium of enthusiasm broke forth. 1 Dietrich's wife. his daughters, the father, 1 the young officer, threw themselves weep ing into each others arms. The nation al hymn was found. Alas. i, could be also the hymn of terror. The. unfortu- nate Dietrich vas led few month after to the scaffold to the sound of these very notes born al his own fircstdc. in the 1 hear, ot his friend ard the voice of his daughters.
 " The rev snng. performed some days l later al Strasbourg. flew from to~n to 1 town among ali the popular orchestras. 1 MaIseilles adopted II ID the commence ment of it's career and finally a, .lr- meet |