1. marseillaise, the the hymn or march of the French republicans, composed, both words and music, at Strasburg by Rouget de Lisle one night in April 1792, and singing which the 600 volunteers from Marseilles entered Paris on the 30th July thereafter. "Luckiest musicial composition," says Carlyle, "ever promulgated. The sound of which willmake the bloodtingle in men's veins, and whole armies and assemblages will sing it, with eyesweeping and burning, with hearts defiant of death, despot, and devil."
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