Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (May 10, 1760 – June 26, 1836) was a French composer who in 1792 wrote La Marseillaise, the French national anthem.

Quotes

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle sings the Marseillaise for the first time.

• Ye sons of France, awake to glory!
  Hark! hark! what myriads bid you rise!
  Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary,
  Behold their tears and hear their cries!
  • The Marseilles Hymn (1792).

• To arms! to arms! ye brave!
  The avenging sword unsheathe!
  March on! march on! all hearts resolved
  On victory or death!
  • The Marseilles Hymn (1792).