# The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 5, April, 1836

Author: Various; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 [Editor]

Genre: Category: Journals

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68785

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## Summary

_Robes._--Say no more My worthy friend--the friend of France and freedom-- Hasten to guard our interest in yon junto Of fools and traitors, who, like timid sheep, Nor fight nor fly, but huddle close together, Till the wolves come to gorge themselves among them-- And in the evening, you and all my friends Will meet me here, deliberate, and decide To advance, or to recede. Be still, we cannot; And hear me, dear St. Just--A man like you, Firm and unflinching through so many trials, Who sooner would behold this land manured With carcases and moistened with their blood, Than yielding food for feudal slaves to eat, True to your party and to me your _brother_-- For so I would be term'd--has the...

## Chapters

- [SCENE V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-southern-literary-messenger-vol-ii-no-5-april-1836-68785/chapters/5/index.md)
- [SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-southern-literary-messenger-vol-ii-no-5-april-1836-68785/chapters/1/index.md)
- [SCENE IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-southern-literary-messenger-vol-ii-no-5-april-1836-68785/chapters/4/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-southern-literary-messenger-vol-ii-no-5-april-1836-68785/chapters/2/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-southern-literary-messenger-vol-ii-no-5-april-1836-68785/chapters/3/index.md)