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 hillShall 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 earthAnd rise, reborn, in thy new birth—Thou holy martyr-maid, Lorraine!
Is it in vain thy sweet tears stainThy mother's breast? Her castled crestIs lifted now! God guide her quest!She seeks thine own for thee, Lorraine!
So Yesterday shall live again,And the steel line along the RhineShall 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 thevaluable 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 thenames of villages, officers, and regiments or battalions.

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

R. W. C.

New York, September, 1897.


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