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Title: Lorraine
A romance

Author: Robert W. Chambers

Release Date: January 6, 2008 [EBook #24181]

Language: English

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LORRAINE

A ROMANCE

By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

Author of "Cardigan,"
"The Maid at Arms,"
"The Maids of Paradise,"
"The Fighting Chance," etc.

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

Published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers

Copyright, 1897, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

TO
MY FATHER

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.

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,"
concerning (wholly or in part) the events of 1870-1871.

Occasionally the author has deemed it best to change the
names of villages, officers, and regiments or battalions.

The author believes that the romance separated from the
facts should leave the historical basis virtually accurate.

R. W. C.

New York, September, 1897.

CONTENTS

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