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A ROMANCE OF TEIE REVOLUTION.

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Since the day the Count Do Roehenho—.
Our ally against the British crown,
Mel Washington in Newport town.

’Twas Lilt? month of March mil the dr was dvh,
13ut bareheaded over Aquiduck HiH,
Guest and host, ihev took their wav,
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Wnhe on frit her d ie in grand display,
A gallant army, French and Hue,
Were rimmed Free doco rii a '•'iil icrine; ’iiie; ?
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And tin'1 French :lo.t sent ;; wdcome roar
Of a hundred run.s from Coiui’iicut shore.
And rhc bolls rang out from every steeple,
And from street to sti'cc' the Newport people
Followed i’-itd c. hoc red \v!cb a hoar!)' zest
De llochenbo and his honored guest.

And oirt of the windows women leant,
And oat of the windows Mihlod and sent
Many a coy, admiri’ig glaoce
At lhc my. voun.'T officers of France,
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And the story goes that the belle of the town
X : d d. rose and flanry ii down
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Straight at the fool o:' De Rochtnho ;
And the gdh;et margin;I, Lending low,
Picked :t ro \vi‘ ri a Frciidiinan’.'S grace,
Khsed it hack whh a glanee at ‘ ho face
Of ill:.1 dra'ing maiden, where she .-tood
1>] ashing ni’t of hi. r silken hood,

That nighl at the ball, still ihe story goes.
The marshal d' France wore faded rose