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STANZA. FROM A TRANSLATION OF THE MARSEILLAISE HYMN by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: TREMBLE KINGS DESPISED OF MAN!
Last Line: WHICH LEADS TO DEATH OR VICTORY ...
Subject(s): MARSEILLAISE, LA; NATIONAL SONGS - FRANCE; FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM;

TREMBLE Kings despised of man!
Ye traitors to your Country
Tremble! Your parricidal plan
At length shall meet its destiny ...
We all are soldiers fit to fight
But if we sink in glory's night
Our mother Earth will give ye new
The brilliant pathway to pursue
Which leads to Death or Victory ...



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