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CONGRATULATION ODE TO THE FRENCH ON THEIR TRIUMPH AT ROME.

Brave citizens of France, proclaim a fete, For you have laid the Boman Eagle low ; With pomp and pageant, celebrate Your gloriouW,teiumph o'er a stronger foe ; Stronger in cause, in justice, and in right — A vast advantage ; but availing not When match'd against the more substantial might Of rifle bullet, rocket, shell, and shot. By patriotic ardour long repell'd, Tour warlike banner still ye dared advance, Numbers and skill alone your hopes upheld, Yet Victory has crown'd the brow of France ; You should exult, then, o'er the prostrate Free ; Yes, ye should glory o'er the vanquished Brave, As 'might the victors at Thermopyl» Have held their orgies on the Spartans' grave. Oh, valiant Oudinot! courageous band, In whom Home's awful walls awoke no dread, — Those walls by Freedom's living warriors mann'd And watch'd by spirits of the mighty dead. — Honour to you, ye brave ! From sire to son, Your fame to latest ages handed down, Divide the Glory of the Goth and Hun ; Share Alaric's and Atila's renown. ■ Come, sing aloud the Marseillaise with glee For tyranny by Frenchmen's aid restored, Raise ye the strain, " Mourir pour la Patrie," On having smitten patriots with the sword. Come, ye sincere republicans of France — Come forth, whilst crackersJbounce&cannons boom Around your trees of liberty to dance, And trample tin the liberty of Rome.— Punch.

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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 469, 30 January 1850, Page 3

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CONGRATULATION ODE TO THE FRENCH ON THEIR TRIUMPH AT ROME. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 469, 30 January 1850, Page 3

CONGRATULATION ODE TO THE FRENCH ON THEIR TRIUMPH AT ROME. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 469, 30 January 1850, Page 3

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