As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy;

For cold and stiff and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy. Hurrah, hurrah! a single field hath turned the chance of war, Hurrah, hurrah for Ivry and King Henry of Navarre !

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Oh, how our hearts were beating, when, at the dawn of day,
We saw the army of the League drawn out in long array,
With all its priest-led citizens and all its rebel peers,
And Appenzel's stout infantry, and Egmont's Flemish spears!
There rode the brood of false Lorraine, the curses of our land; 15
And dark Mayenne was in the midst, a truncheon in his hand;
And, as we looked on them, we thought of Seine's empurpled flood,
And good Coligni's hoary hair all dabbled with his blood;
And we cried unto the living God, who rules the fate of war,
To fight for His own holy name and Henry of Navarre.

The King is come to marshal us, in all his armor drest;
And he has bound a snow-white plume upon his gallant crest.
He looked upon his people, and a tear was in his eye;

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He looked upon the traitors, and his glance was stern and high. Right graciously he smiled on us, as rolled from wing to wing, 25 Down all our line, in deafening shout, "God save our lord the King!"

"And if my standard bearer fall, as fall full well he may,
For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray,
Press where ye see my white plume shine amidst the ranks of war,
And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre."

Hurrah! the foes are moving! Hark to the mingled din
Of fife, and steed, and trump, and drum, and roaring culverin !
The fiery Duke is pricking fast across St. Andre's plain,
With all the hireling chivalry of Guelders and Almayne.
Now by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France,

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Charge for the golden lilies now, upon them with the lance!

A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest,
A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest;
And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star,
Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.

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Now God be praised, the day is ours! Mayenne hath turned his

rein;

D'Aumale hath cried for quarter; the Flemish count is slain.

Their ranks are breaking like thin clouds before a Biscay gale; The field is heaped with bleeding steeds, and flags, and cloven mail.

And then we thought on vengeance; and all along our van,
"Remember St. Bartholomew," was passed from man to man.
But out spake gentle Henry then: "No Frenchman is my foe:
Down, down with every foreigner, but let your brethren go."
Oh! was there ever such a knight, in friendship or in war,
As our sovereign lord, King Henry, the soldier of Navarre !

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Right well fought all the Frenchmen who fought for France

to-day;

And many a lordly banner God gave them for a prey.

But we of the religion have borne us best in fight;

And the good Lord of Rosny hath ta'en the cornet white.

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Our own true Maximilian the cornet white hath ta'en,
The cornet white with crosses black, the flag of false Lorraine.
Up with it high, unfurl it wide, that all the host may know
How God hath humbled the proud house which wrought His
Church such woe.

Then on the ground, while trumpets sound their loudest points of

war,

Fling the red shreds, a footcloth meet for Henry of Navarre. 60

Ho, maidens of Vienna! Ho, matrons of Lucerne !

Weep, weep, and rend your hair for those who never shall return.

Ho, Philip! send for charity thy Mexican pistoles,

That Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's

souls.

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Ho, gallant nobles of the League ! look that your arms be bright;
Ho, burghers of St. Genevieve! keep watch and ward to-night.
For our God hath crushed the tyrant, our God hath raised the
slave,

And mocked the counsel of the wise and the valor of the brave.
Then glory to His holy name, from whom all glories are!
And glory to our sovereign lord, King Henry of Navarre !

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WRITTEN EXERCISES

Write a biographical sketch of the following authors, one or more of whose productions we have studied:

1. SIR WAITER SCOTT, author of Rosabelle and Lochinvar. 2. THOMAS CAMPBELI, author of Lord Ullin's Daughter. 3. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, author of The Bobolink. 4. ALFRED TENNYSON, author of Lady Clare and Defense of Lucknow. 5. ROBERT BROWNING, author of Incident of the French Camp. 6. LORD MACAULAY, author of The Battle of Ivry.

ADDITIONAL PIECES FOR STUDY

Longfellow's Phantom Ship, Falcon of Ser Federigo, Birds of Killingworth, Bells of Atri; Tennyson's Enoch Arden; Whittier's Conductor Bradley, Two Rabbis, Legend of St. Mark; Bryant's Planting of the Apple Tree, Two Travelers; Cowper's John Gilpin, Alexander Selkirk; Campbell's Battle of the Baltic, Soldier's Dream, Napoleon and the British Sailor.

CHAPTER V

OUTLINES FOR THE STUDY OF A PROSE SELECTION

THUS far in this book we have confined our attention to the study of standard poems. We are now prepared to begin a similar work in prose selections. To insure good results, some definite plan of study must first. be arranged. In a general way prose selections need less methods and devices than poetry to lead pupils to appreciate and admire them.

We present the following guide analysis for the study of a prose selection. Several of its points have been fully explained in the foregoing chapters; hence it will not be necessary to repeat the detailed explanation already given.

GUIDE ANALYSIS FOR THE STUDY OF A PROSE SELECTION

I. Read the piece carefully and thoughtfully.

II. Recite the story of the piece.

III. Write a paraphrase of the piece.

IV. Divide the selection into parts or scenes.

V. The unity of the parts.

VI. Minor details which illustrate the piece.

VII. The study of the text.
VIII. An exercise in criticism.
IX. Memory quotations.

X. The author of the piece.

EXPLANATION OF THE GUIDE ANALYSIS

Read the Piece carefully and thoughtfully. This point has been fully explained. See p. 12.

Recite the Story of the Piece. In many prose pieces, as in many poems, it is not practicable to attempt to tell the story; in fact, there is oftentimes very little of a "story" to tell. (See p. 12.) Hence, in prose selections this direction may be omitted at the discretion of the teacher. Write a Paraphrase of the Piece. In a general way follow the directions as fully explained on p. 33. Divide the Selection into Parts or Scenes. - See p. 34.

The Unity of the Parts. Whenever it can be done conveniently, follow the directions as explained on p. 35. In many prose pieces, however, it is not always advisable or practicable.

Minor Details which illustrate the Poem. There will be found ample material for exact, useful, and interesting study, in a full knowledge of the allusions which occur so plentifully in all standard writings. No difficult point in syntax, prosody, accidence, or pronunciation, no variation in manners or customs, no historical or geographical allusion, should be passed over without explanation. Special pains must be taken to get a thorough understanding of the force and character of epithets, the meaning of similes, the expansions of metaphors, and the exact meaning of individual words. See p. 36.

The Study of the Text.- Follow the general directions as given on pp. 13, 36.

An Exercise in Criticism.—(See p. 58.) This is one point upon which it is impossible to give short rules, and