<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>France</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Unhappy State! with horrors still to strive:<br>Thy Hugo dead, thy Boulanger alive;<br>A Prince who'd govern where he dares not dwell,<br>And who for power would his birthright sell<br>Who, anxious o'er his enemies to reign,<br>Grabs at the scepter and conceals the chain;<br>While pugnant factions mutually strive<br>By cutting throats to keep the land alive.<br>Perverse in passion, as in pride perverse<br>To all a mistress, to thyself a curse;<br>Sweetheart of Europe! every sun's embrace<br>Matures the charm and poison of thy grace.<br>Yet time to thee nor peace nor wisdom brings:<br>In blood of citizens and blood of kings<br>The stones of thy stability are set,<br>And the fair fabric trembles at a threat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ambrose+Bierce">Ambrose Bierce</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342804" data-title="France de Ambrose Bierce" data-description="Unhappy State! with horrors still to strive: Thy Hugo dead, thy Boulanger alive; A Prince who'd govern where he dares not dwell, And who for power would his birthright sell Who, anxious o'er his enemies to reign, Grabs at the scepter and conceals ..."></div> </div> </div>

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