VEILLONS AU SALUT DE L'EMPIRE, a political song written by Ad. S. Roy in 1791, and adapted by him to the popular air ‘Vous qui d'amoureuse aventure,
’ from Dalayrac's ‘Renaud d'Ast
’ (produced at the Comédie Italienne, July 19, 1787). The song, which bears the sub-title of ‘Chant de Liberté,
’ was one. of the first lyrical utterances suggested by the French Revolution, and it is a great error to suppose that it was adapted for...
