France and Garibaldi

They tricked him when the Lion-heart broke loose;
They mocked him as they caught him in the noose,
Slew his young Heroes in the foulest strife:
And then he went to offer France his life.

She robbed him of his country, and he gave
Himself; and only asked of her a graT!
In natural greatness simple and sublime,
He stands up peerless, towering o'er the time,
"With none beside him. So the Gallic Elf
Explained him! 'Twas a man beside himself.