Posted by GC on September 19, 2002 at 09:44:25:
In Reply to: Nostradamus? posted by New England on September 17, 2002 at 23:03:02:
I just found this after a Google search of the Web. It's tubes, not tubas, but maybe it's what you were referring to.
Quatrain II-44
L'aigle poussée entour des pavillons,
Par autres oyseaux d'entour sera chassée:
Quand bruit des cymbres, tubes et sonnaillons
Rendront le sens de la dame insensée.
The Eagle erected with surrounding pavillions
By other surrounding birds will be driven away:
When the sound of cymbals, trumpets and the noise of battalions
Will bring the lady back to her senses.