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 King of France! Protect the lowly, feed the hungry ones, And be the Orphan's father! thus shalt thou Become the Representative of Heaven, And Gratitude and Love establish thus Thy reign. Believe me, King! that hireling guards, Tho' flesh'd in slaughter, would be weak to save A tyrant on the blood-cemented Throne That totters underneath him." Thus the Maid Redeem'd her country. Ever may the Give to the arms of such success.