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THE FALL OF D'ASSAS.
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Where were his thoughts that lonely hour?
—In his far home, perchance;
His father's hall, his mother's bower,
Midst the gay vines of France:
Wandering from battles lost and won,
To hear and bless again
The rolling of the wide Garonne,
Or murmur of the Seine.
—Hush! Hark!—did stealing steps go by?
Came not faint whispers near?
No! the wild wind hath many a sigh,
Amidst the foliage sere.
Hark, yet again!—and from his hand,
What grasp hath wrench'd the blade?
—Oh! single midst a hostile band,
Young soldier! thou'rt betray'd!
