-Aussi, sentant, à sa manière, Le grognard à chaque prière Dira bientôt: "Ainsi soit-il !" FRANCOIS COPPÉE* * Written in Paris during the Siege, November 1870. So subtle is their pious charm, Our grumbler soon will see it In his own way-and to each prayer Make the response "So be it"! LE DRAPEAU ANGLAIS 'EST le drapeau d'Angleterre ; C'ES Sans tache, sur le firmament, Il brille sur tous les rivages; Au bout des mers les plus sauvages Devant l'esprit humain en marche Oublions les jours des tempêtes, Il faut incliner devant lui. THE FRENCH CANADIAN AND HIS SON T is the flag of England! “IT Stainless, against the sky, "It gleams on every shoreline, Beyond the furthest forests, Beyond the stormiest deeps. "And wheresoe'er man's spirit Fares on, it streams before, "Forget the days of tempest, And low, my son, incline, Because to-day this banner Floats o'er thy head and mine." |