_Madame a République._
"WHAT WILL YOU DO--SAVE SCRIBBLE AND ORATE?
WERE YOU INDEED--AH ME!--THAT STRONG MAN ARMED
FOR WHOM SO LONG I'VE WAITED, AND STILL WAIT;
THEN, THEN PERCHANCE, I MIGHT--WHO KNOWS?--BE CHARMED
TO LILY-GIRT LEGITIMIST WAYS OF YORE.
AT PRESENT 'TIS BUT--ONE PRETENDER MORE!"]
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