Que ta grande ombre se relève; Secoue, en reprenant ton glaive, Le sommeil de l'éternité! J'entends le signal des batailles, Et le chant de tes funérailles Est un hymne de liberté! Tombez, tombez, boiles funèbres! La Pologne sort des ténèbres, Féconde en nouveaux défenseurs! Par la liberté ranimée, De sa chaîne elle s'est armée Pour en frapper ses oppresseurs. Cette main qu'elle te présente Sera bientôt libre et sanglante; Tends-lui la main du haut des deux. Descends pour venger ses injures, Ou pour entourer ses blessures De ton linceul victorieux. Si cette France qu'elle appelle, Trop loin--ne pent vaincre avec elle, Que Dieu, du moins, soit son appui. Trop haut, si Dieu ne peut l'entendre, Eh bien! mourons pour la défendre, Et nous irons nous plaindre à lui!" We do not believe to-day that the Abbé Châtel is dead; but, if we judge of his health by the cobwebs which adorn the hinges and bolts of the French Church, we shall not be afraid to assert that he is very ill indeed. CHAPTER IV The Abbé de Lamennais--His prediction of the Revolution of 1830--Enters the Church--His views on the Empire--Casimir Delavigne, Royalist--His early days--Two pieces of poetry by M. de Lamennais--His literary vocation--_Essay on Indifference in Religious Matters_--Reception given to this book by the Church--The academy of the château de la Chesnaie We now ask permission to approach a more serious subject, and to dedicate this chapter (were it only for the purpose of forming a contrast with the preceding chapters) to one of the finest and greatest of modern geniuses, to the Abbé de Lamennais. We speak of a period two months after the Revolution of 1830. Out of the wilds of Brittany, that is, from the château de la Chesnaie, there appeared a priest of forty, small of stature, nervous and pale, with stubbly hair, and high forehead, the head compressed at the sides as though it were enclosed by walls of bone; a sign, according to Gall, indicative of the absence in man of cupidity, cunning and acquisitiveness; the nose long, with dilated nostrils, denoting high intelligence, according to Lavater; and, last, a piercing glance and a determined chin. Everything connected with the man's external appearance revealed his Celtic origin. Such was the Abbé DE LA MENNAIS, whose name was written in three different ways, like that of M. DE LA MARTINE, each different way in which he wrote it indicating the different phases of the development of his mind and the progress of his opinion. We say of his opinion and not opinions, for these three phases, as in Raphael's three styles, mean, not a change of style, but a perfecting of style.