By sweet-phrased flattery of the Fatherland,
Are sure to swell our legions.
"I wish, France, to be thine!" The effect was grand,
In "Allobrogian" regions.
Vive Everything—especially la Blague!
(What should we do without it?)
Fraternity! the Fatherland! the Flag!—
I work them—never doubt it!
Then "La République" and "La Russie," linked,
Pair off, 'midst acclamations: