THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE.
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The tyrant's creatures, and their fate with his
Fast link'd in close indissoluble union.
The pale Convention—
Fast link'd in close indissoluble union.
The pale Convention—
Tallien.
Hate him as they fear him,
Impatient of the chain, resolv'd and ready.
Hate him as they fear him,
Impatient of the chain, resolv'd and ready.
Adelaide.
Th' enthusiast mob, confusion's lawless sons—
Th' enthusiast mob, confusion's lawless sons—
Tallien.
They are aweary of his stern morality,
The fair-mask'd offspring of ferocious pride.
The sections too support the delegates:
All—all is ours! e'en now the vital air
Of Liberty, condens'd awhile, is bursting
(Force irresistable!) from its compressure—
To shatter the arch chemist in the explosion!
They are aweary of his stern morality,
The fair-mask'd offspring of ferocious pride.
The sections too support the delegates:
All—all is ours! e'en now the vital air
Of Liberty, condens'd awhile, is bursting
(Force irresistable!) from its compressure—
To shatter the arch chemist in the explosion!
Enter Billaud Varennes and Bourdon l'Oise.
(Adelaide retires.)
Bourdon l'Oise.
Tallien! was this a time for amorous conference?
Henriot, the tyrant's most devoted creature,
Marshals the force of Paris: The fierce club,
With Vivier at their head, in loud acclaim
Have sworn to make the guillotine in blood
Float on the scaffold.—But who comes here?
Tallien! was this a time for amorous conference?
Henriot, the tyrant's most devoted creature,
Marshals the force of Paris: The fierce club,
With Vivier at their head, in loud acclaim
Have sworn to make the guillotine in blood
Float on the scaffold.—But who comes here?
Enter Barrere abruptly.
Barrere.
Say, are ye friends to freedom? I am her's!
Let us, forgetful of all common feuds,
Say, are ye friends to freedom? I am her's!
Let us, forgetful of all common feuds,
