Preface
_ TO MY FATHER
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LORRAINE!
_When Yesterday shall dawn again,
And the long line athwart the hill
Shall quicken with the bugle‘s thrill,
Thine own shall come to thee, Lorraine!_
_Then in each vineyard, vale, and plain,
The quiet dead shall stir the earth
And rise, reborn, in thy new birth--
Thou holy martyr-maid, Lorraine!_
_Is it in vain thy sweet tears stain
Thy mother‘s breast? Her castled crest
Is lifted now! God guide her quest!
She seeks thine own for thee, Lorraine!_
_So Yesterday shall live again,
And the steel line along the Rhine
Shall cuirass thee and all that‘s thine.
France lives--thy France--divine Lorraine!_
R. W. C.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the valuable volumes of Messrs. Victor Duruy, Archibald Forbes, Sir William Fraser, Dr. J. von Pflugk-Harttung, G. Tissandier, Comdt. Grandin, and "Un Officier de Marine," con

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