THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE.
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Tallien.
It is the hour of danger. I propose
This sitting be made permanent.
(Loud applauses.)
It is the hour of danger. I propose
This sitting be made permanent.
(Loud applauses.)
Collot d'Herbois.
The national Convention shall remain
Firm at its post.
The national Convention shall remain
Firm at its post.
Enter a Messenger.
Messenger.
Robespierre has reach'd the Commune. They espouse
The tyrant's cause. St. Just is up in arms!
St. Just—the young ambitious bold St. Just
Harangues the mob. The sanguinary Couthon
Thirsts for your blood.
(Tocsin rings.)
Robespierre has reach'd the Commune. They espouse
The tyrant's cause. St. Just is up in arms!
St. Just—the young ambitious bold St. Just
Harangues the mob. The sanguinary Couthon
Thirsts for your blood.
(Tocsin rings.)
Tallien.
These tyrants are in arms against the law:
Outlaw the rebels.
These tyrants are in arms against the law:
Outlaw the rebels.
Enter Merlin of Douay.
Merlin.
Health to the representatives of France!
I past this moment through the armed force—
They ask'd my name—and when they heard a delegate,
Swore I was not the friend of France.
Health to the representatives of France!
I past this moment through the armed force—
They ask'd my name—and when they heard a delegate,
Swore I was not the friend of France.
Collot d'Herbois.
The tyrants threaten us as when they turn'd
The cannon's mouth on Brissot.
The tyrants threaten us as when they turn'd
The cannon's mouth on Brissot.
