The tomb of louis xvi and marie-antoinette in the madeleine cemetery, "presented to the king, by his very humble, very respectful servant and faithful subject of saulx", accompanied by seven verses taken from la pitié, a poem by jacques delille. Paris, giguet and michaud, year xi-1803:
o you, who observed it from the eternal vault,
angels, applaud, he is taking flight towards you. Start your concerts, take your golden lyres. Already his name is inscribed in the celestial annals,
prepare, prepare your triumphant palms. From his bloody struggle he emerges victorious,
and the scaffold was only a step towards heaven. Pity, poem. Date: after 1803.
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