CONGRATULATORY ODE TO THE FRENCH ON THEIR TRIUMPH AT HOME. (From Punch, July 14, 1819.)

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 385, 22 December 1849, Page 3

CONGRATULATORY ODE TO THE FRENCH ON THEIR TRIUMPH AT HOME. (From Punch, July 14, 1819.)

Brave citizens of France proclaim af&lc, For you have laid the Roman Eiglo low ; With pomp and pageant therefore celebrate Your glorious triumph o'er a stronger foe : Stronger in cause — in ju .Uoa and in light— A vast advantage ; but availing mt When m itched against the more substantial might Of rifle-bullet, rocket, shell, and shot.

By patriotic ardour long repelled, Your warlike banner still ye dared advance; Numbers and skill alone your hopes upheld, Yet victory has crowned the brow of France ; Yon should exult, then, o'er the prostrate Free, Yes, ye should glory o'er Ihs vanquish'd Brave As might the victors atTherinopylai Have held their orgies on the Spartan*' grave.

Oh, valiant Oudinot ! courageous band, In whom Rome's awful walls awoke no (head — Those walls by Freedom's living warriors tnann'rl And walch'd by spiiits of the niiftaty dead— Honour to you, ye brave! From sire to son Your lame to latest a^es handed down, Divide the glory of the Goth and Hun— Share Marie's and Atilla's renown.

Come, siug aloud ihe Marseillaise with glee, For tyranny by Frenchmen's aid lcstored; Raise ye the strain, " Mourir pour la palrie," Ou having smitten patiiots with the sWord : Come, ye sinccie republicans ot l'\dncc, Come fotth, whilst crackers bounce and cannons boom, Around your Trees of Libeity to dance, And trample on the liberty of Rome.