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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829 by Various
page 50 of 53 (94%)
EPITAPH ON MARSHAL SAXE.

N.B. The figures are to be pronounced in French, as _un, deux,
trois_, &c.


Ses vertus le feront admiré de chac 1
Il avait des Rivaux, mais il triompha 2
Les Batailles qu' il gagna sont au nombre de 3
Pour Louis son grand coeur se serait mis en 4
En amour, c'était peu pour lui d'aller à 5
Nous l'aurions s'il n'eut fait que le berger Tir[3] 6
Pour avoir trop souvent passé douze, "Hic-ja" 7
Il a cessé de vivre en Decembre 8
Strasbourg contient son corps dans un Tombeau tout 9
Pour tant de "Te Deum" pas un "De profun"[4] 10
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He died at the age of 55


[3] Tircis, the name of a celebrated Arcadian shepherd.

[4] A great personage of the day remarked, that it was a pity
after the marshal had by his victories been the cause of so many
"Te Deums" that it would not be allowed (the marshal dying in the
Lutheran faith) to chant _one_ "de profundis" over his remains.

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