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JOAN OF ARC.
For mingling with the foremost fugitives, 225The gallant Conrade rush'd; and with the throng,The Knights of France together o'er the bridgeFast speeded. Nor the garrison withinDurst let the ponderous portcullis fall,For in the entrance of the fort the fight 230Raged fiercely, and together thro' the gateThe vanquish'd English and their eager foesPass'd in the flying conflict.Well I deem And wisely did that daring Spaniard act At Vera-Cruz, when he his yet sound ships 235Dismantling, left no spot where treacherous Fear Might still with wild and wistful eye look back. For knowing no retreat, his desperate troops In conquest sought their safety. Victors hence At Tlascala, and o'er the Cholulans, 240And by Otompan, on that bloody field When Mexico her patriot thousands pour'd, Fierce in vain valor on their ruffian foes.

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