And, oh! Magnificent! Listen to this! --
`Vinaigre des Quatre Voleurs. Nothing amiss
With that -- England, Austria, Russia and Prussia!
Martin, youre a wonder,
Upheavals of continents cant keep you under.
Monsieur Antoine, I am grieved indeed
At such levity. What France has gone through --
Very true, Martin, very true,
But never forget that a man must feed.
Pound! Pound! Thump!
Pound!
Look here, in another minute Blaise will drop that bird on the
ground.
Martin shrugs his shoulders. Ah, well, what then? --
Antoine, with a laugh: ll give you two sous for that
antiquated hen.
The Imperial Eagle sells for two sous,
And the lilies go up.
A man must choose!
III
Paris, April, 1814
Cold, impassive, the marble arch of the Place du Carrousel.
Haughty, contemptuous, the marble arch of the Place du Carrousel.
Like a woman raped by force, rising above her fate,
Borne up by the cold rigidity of hate,
Stands the marble arch of the Place du Carrousel.
Tap! Clink-a-tink!
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