Poems by Victor Hugo - HTML preview

THE FEAST OF FREEDOM.

("Lorsqu'à l'antique Olympe immolant l'evangile.")
     {Bk. II. v., 1823.}

     {There was in Rome one antique usage as follows: On the eve of the
     execution day, the sufferers were given a public banquet—at the prison
     gate—known as the "Free Festival."—CHATEAUBRIAND'S "Martyrs."}