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JOAN OF ARC.
With conquest, clamor to pursue the foe."
The Delegated Damsel thus replied:
"So let them fly Dunois! but other toils 15
Than those of battle, these our hallowed troops
Await. Look yonder to that carnaged plain!
Behoves us there to delve the general grave:
Then, Chieftain, for pursuit, when we have paid
The rites of burial to our fellow men, 20
And hymn'd our gratitude to that All-just
Who gave the conquest. Thou, meantime, dispatch
Tidings to Chinon: bid the King set forth,
That crowning him before assembled France,
In Rheims delivered from the enemy, 25
I may accomplish all."
So said the Maid,
Then to the gate moved on. The assembled troops
Beheld their coming Chief, and smote their shields,
Clamoring their admiration; for they thought
That she would lead them to the instant war. 30
"So let them fly Dunois! but other toils 15
Than those of battle, these our hallowed troops
Await. Look yonder to that carnaged plain!
Behoves us there to delve the general grave:
Then, Chieftain, for pursuit, when we have paid
The rites of burial to our fellow men, 20
And hymn'd our gratitude to that All-just
Who gave the conquest. Thou, meantime, dispatch
Tidings to Chinon: bid the King set forth,
That crowning him before assembled France,
In Rheims delivered from the enemy, 25
I may accomplish all."
So said the Maid,
Then to the gate moved on. The assembled troops
Beheld their coming Chief, and smote their shields,
Clamoring their admiration; for they thought
That she would lead them to the instant war. 30
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