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a meaning in it , like the striped and starry banner of America ? The royal ensigns of Europe all tell but of the past . The tricolor associates itself with futurity , and prevents the sinking of disappointment into despondency . So thinks yonder radical , who is crooning a ditty as the boat puts oft' pour VAngleterre . Listen to him ; the words and the air are alike extempore , and show not much skill in either , but there is truth in them .
Farewell to the land of the tri-color Where the people ' s flag is flying yet ; May the glory , when next we seek its shore , Be risen again , that now hath set . Then far away may the tyrant be Who deceived the heroes that fouerht so well
CD J And our greeting be sung to France the free , As our parting is breathed to France la Belle Farewell to the Seine , the gentle stream , By woods and hills where it glides along ; As beautiful now as a painter ' s dream , And now as bright as a poet ' s song .
Farewell to the gay and ceaseless fete Of city and village , of bower and hall , To the gardens where beauty is wedded with state , And the Palace of Art , with its treasures for all . Farewell to the dead , where in beauty they lie ; Farewell to the living , in beauty who dwell ; And to him farewell , from his column on higb . Who looks down on the city he loved so well .
Fair r ranee , when again we seek thy shore , Be the glory uprisen , that now hath set : Farewell to thee , land of the tri-color—Here the voice paused ; the sun had gone down , the flag" of the fort upon the heights was just fluttering in the last faint beam , and the vessel making rapid way ; he turned his face seaward , cast a parting glance over his shoulder , and losing all semblance oi ' metre or melody , muttered to himself * —
rhe people ' g is flying yet
And is France too far for you ? Must you sing * your songs in a narrower cage ? That will not at all stint our good wishes . Our " bounty is as boundless as the sea" There are far off worlds , further than across tha wide Atlantic , that may be reached and traversed in the reading--room of the Mechanic ' s Institute . Some books there are , the first reading of which it * enough to give the year a white mark that shall never wear out . If it were not for " Speakers , " and V Elegant Extracts , "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1836, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2653/page/7/
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