 | [Poems in] Cyclopædia of American literature |  |
393
A SONG.
TUNE—“God save the Guillotine.”
Fame let thy trumpet sound,
Tell all the world around—
How Capet fell:
And when great George's poll
Shall in the basket roll,
Let mercy then control
The Guillotine.
Tell all the world around—
How Capet fell:
And when great George's poll
Shall in the basket roll,
Let mercy then control
The Guillotine.
When all the sceptred crew
Have paid their homage to
The Guillotine;
Let freedom's flag advance,
Till all the world, like France!
O'er tyrants' graves shall dance,
And peace begin.
Have paid their homage to
The Guillotine;
Let freedom's flag advance,
Till all the world, like France!
O'er tyrants' graves shall dance,
And peace begin.
| [Poems in] Cyclopædia of American literature | |