So the storm subsides to calm;

They see the green trees wave

On the heights o’erlooking Greve.

Hearts that bled are stanched with balm.

“Just our rapture to enhance,

Let the English rake the bay,

Gnash their teeth and glare askance

As they cannonade away!

’Neath rampired Solidor pleasant riding on the Rance!”

How hope succeeds despair on each captain’s countenance!

Out burst all with one accord,

“This is Paradise for Hell!

Let France, let France’s king,

Thank the man that did the thing!”

What a shout, and all one word,

“Hervé Riel!”

As he stepped in front once more,

Not a symptom of surprise

In the frank blue Breton eyes,

Just the same man as before.

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