The Patience of the People by Victor Hugo

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THE PATIENCE OF THE PEOPLE by Victor Hugo
     ("Il s'est dit tant de fois.")

     {III., May, 1830.}
     How often have the people said: "What's power?"
     Who reigns soon is dethroned? each fleeting hour
     Has onward borne, as in a fevered dream,
     Such quick reverses, like a judge supremeâ€"
     Austere but just, they contemplate the end
     To which the current of events must tend.
     Self-confidence has taught them to forbear,
     And in the vastness of their strength, they spare.
     Armed with impunity, for one in vain
     Resists a nation, they let others reign.

     G.W.M. REYNOLDS.


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