The Age of the Democratic Revolution. A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800

APPENDIX II

TRANSLATIONS OF METRICAL PASSAGES

P. 177

This vast continent that the seas surround

Will soon change Europe and the world.

There arise for us, in the fields of America,

New interests and a new system of politics.

— M. J. CHÉNIER, CHARLES IX, 1789

The raging storm,

Which is bringing salvation and liberty to us.

— V. ALFIERI, AMERICA FREE, 1783

O land to the singer dearer than Fatherland!

— ANON., THE FREEDOM OF AMERICA, 1783

My friends! Each of you sees

The well- being of this state in American liberty.

— A. LOOSJES, THE INDEPENDENCE OF NORTH AMERICA, 1782

To you my inflamed soul aspires,

To you, renowned land....

Your example has revealed the goal.

— A. RADISHCHEV, ODE TO FREEDOM, 1782

(WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO R. H. MCNEAL

AND C. E. BLACK FOR THE TRANSLATION)