Around, the friend and enemy alike
Lay cold and stiff before Death's chilling glance,
While wildly rang the battle cry:
"Fight for the Golden Lilies and the King of France!"
Lay cold and stiff before Death's chilling glance,
While wildly rang the battle cry:
"Fight for the Golden Lilies and the King of France!"
Walls of cities rose before you, grim and gray,
Cities famed in legends old,
Troyes, Tournelles, and Rheims, and Orleans—
Sheltered were you 'neath their turrets cold.
Cities famed in legends old,
Troyes, Tournelles, and Rheims, and Orleans—
Sheltered were you 'neath their turrets cold.
Far away and indistinctly
Was a city—but it fades,
And your meditations left you
In the verdure of the glades.
Was a city—but it fades,
And your meditations left you
In the verdure of the glades.
Courage! the victory shall be yours,
Your name shall live among the great;
And with a heart pure and unfaltering,
Go you then forth alone, to meet your fate!
Your name shall live among the great;
And with a heart pure and unfaltering,
Go you then forth alone, to meet your fate!
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