BOOK THE TENTH.
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The men of Orleans shall in after days
Bring their young boys, and tell them of the deeds
Our gallant friends atchieved, and bid them learn
Like them to love their country, and like them 110
Should wild Oppression pour again it's tide
Of desolation, to step forth and stem
Fearless, the furious torrent. Men of France!
Mourn not for these our comrades; boldly they
Fought the good fight, and that Eternal One, 115
Who bade the angels harbinger his word
With "Peace on Earth," rewards them. We survive,
Honoring their memories to avenge their fall
On England's ruffian hordes; in vain her chiefs
Madly will drain her wealth and waste her blood 120
To conquer this vast realm! for, easier were it
To hurl the rooted mountain from it's base,
Than force the yoke of slavery upon men
Determin'd to be free: yes—let them rage,
And drain their country's wealth, and waste her blood, 125
And pour their hireling thousands on our coasts,
Bring their young boys, and tell them of the deeds
Our gallant friends atchieved, and bid them learn
Like them to love their country, and like them 110
Should wild Oppression pour again it's tide
Of desolation, to step forth and stem
Fearless, the furious torrent. Men of France!
Mourn not for these our comrades; boldly they
Fought the good fight, and that Eternal One, 115
Who bade the angels harbinger his word
With "Peace on Earth," rewards them. We survive,
Honoring their memories to avenge their fall
On England's ruffian hordes; in vain her chiefs
Madly will drain her wealth and waste her blood 120
To conquer this vast realm! for, easier were it
To hurl the rooted mountain from it's base,
Than force the yoke of slavery upon men
Determin'd to be free: yes—let them rage,
And drain their country's wealth, and waste her blood, 125
And pour their hireling thousands on our coasts,
"Sublime
