Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JEANNE, by REMY DE GOURMONT


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JEANNE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Shepherdess born in lorraine
Last Line: Jeanne d'arc, set wrath in our hearts.
Subject(s): Betrayal; Shepherds & Shepherdesses


Shepherdess born in Lorraine
Who, cotton-clad, guarded the sheep along the plain,
And who wept at the woes of the people of France
And led the King to Rheims with fluttering lance,
Jeanne, who are an arc, a cross, a sword, a heart, a spear,
Whom as father and mother the folk revere,
Jeanne wounded and seized, to the English betrayed,
By the English at Rouen burned and displayed,
Jeanne, like unto an angel in wrath,
Jeanne d'Arc, set wrath in our hearts.





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