<p>Heard ye o’ the tree o’ France,<br>I watna what’s the name o’t;<br>Around it a’ the patriots dance,<br>Weel Europe kens the fame o’t…</p><p>—“The Tree of Liberty”, attributed to Robert Burns (though this is disputed). First published in Chambers’ THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS (1838), “from a MS. in the possession of Mr James Duncan, Mosesfield, near Glasgow.”</p><p>🇫🇷 A poem for Bastille Day </p><p>Text available here:<br><a href="https://www.rbwf.org.uk/poems/the-tree-of-liberty" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rbwf.org.uk/poems/the-tree-of-liberty"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rbwf.org.uk/poems/the-tree</span><span class="invisible">-of-liberty</span></a></p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/robertburns/" rel="tag">#RobertBurns</a> <a href="/tags/bastilleday/" rel="tag">#BastilleDay</a></p>
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<p>Hello Fedi friends!</p><p>Happy <a href="/tags/bastilleday/" rel="tag">#BastilleDay</a> to those who celebrate it. </p><p>TIL that the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille was called the "Fête de la Fédération" (festival of the federation). </p><p>A fascinating read:<br>🔗 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fête_de_la_Fédération" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fête_de_la_Fédération"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fête_de_</span><span class="invisible">la_Fédération</span></a> </p><p>📷 : <a href="https://photos.elenarossini.com/p/ele/786240186705498903" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="photos.elenarossini.com/p/ele/786240186705498903"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">photos.elenarossini.com/p/ele/</span><span class="invisible">786240186705498903</span></a></p>
