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Scene I. JOHAN. Hushed is the din of arms, war's storms subside, Glad song and danc« succeed the bloody fray, Through all the streets joy echoes far and wide. Altar and church are deck'd in rich array, Triumphal arches rise in vernal pride. Wreaths round the columns wind their flowery way. Wide Rheims cannot contain the mighty throng, Which to the joyous pageant rolls along. One thought alone doth every heart possess. One rapt'rous feeling o'er each breast presidet And those to-day are link'd i...n happiness Whom bloody hatred did erewhile divide. y Google ^ 112 THE MAID OF ORLEANS. [act iv. All who themselves of Gallic race confess 4' The name of Frenchman own with- conscioiui pride, France sees the splendor of her ancient crown, And to her Monarch's son bows humbly down. Yet I, the author of this wide delight. The joy, myself created, cannot share ; My heart is changed, in sad and dreary plight It flies the festive pageant in despair ; Still to the British camp it taketh flight. Against my will my gaze stiD wanders there, ' And from the throng I steal, with gi-ief oj)- press*d.
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