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JOAN OF ARC.
And now Dunois. for he had seen the camp
Well-order'd, enter'd. "One night more in peace 300
"England shall rest," he cried, "ere yet the storm
"Bursts on her guilty head! then their proud vaunts
"Forgotten or remember'd to their shame,
"Vainly her chiefs shall curse the hour, when first
"They pitch'd their tents round Orleans."
"Of that siege," 310
The Maid of Arc replied, "gladly I hear
"The detail. Isabel proceed; for soon
"Destin'd to rescue that devoted town,
"All that has chanced, the ills she has endur'd,
"I listen, sorrowing for the past, and feel 315
"High satisfaction at the saviour power
"To me commission'd."
Thus the Virgin spake,
Nor Isabel delayed. "And now more near
"The hostile host advancing pitch their tents.
"Unnumber'd streamers wave, and clamorous shouts, 320
"Anticipating conquest, rend the air
Well-order'd, enter'd. "One night more in peace 300
"England shall rest," he cried, "ere yet the storm
"Bursts on her guilty head! then their proud vaunts
"Forgotten or remember'd to their shame,
"Vainly her chiefs shall curse the hour, when first
"They pitch'd their tents round Orleans."
"Of that siege," 310
The Maid of Arc replied, "gladly I hear
"The detail. Isabel proceed; for soon
"Destin'd to rescue that devoted town,
"All that has chanced, the ills she has endur'd,
"I listen, sorrowing for the past, and feel 315
"High satisfaction at the saviour power
"To me commission'd."
Thus the Virgin spake,
Nor Isabel delayed. "And now more near
"The hostile host advancing pitch their tents.
"Unnumber'd streamers wave, and clamorous shouts, 320
"Anticipating conquest, rend the air
"With
