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JOAN OF ARC.
With conquest, clamor to pursue the foe."
The Delegated Damsel thus replied:"So let them fly Dunois! but other toils 15Than those of battle, these our hallowed troopsAwait. Look yonder to that carnaged plain!Behoves us there to delve the general grave:Then, Chieftain, for pursuit, when we have paidThe rites of burial to our fellow men, 20And hymn'd our gratitude to that All-justWho gave the conquest. Thou, meantime, dispatchTidings to Chinon: bid the King set forth,That crowning him before assembled France,In Rheims delivered from the enemy, 25I may accomplish all."So said the Maid,Then to the gate moved on. The assembled troopsBeheld their coming Chief, and smote their shields,Clamoring their admiration; for they thoughtThat she would lead them to the instant war. 30

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