Lorraine - A romance

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Lorraine, by Robert W. ChambersThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: LorraineA romanceAuthor: Robert W. ChambersRelease Date: January 6, 2008 [EBook #24181]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LORRAINE ***Produced by Roberta Staehlin, Suzanne Shell and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netLORRAINEA ROMANCEBy ROBERT W. CHAMBERSAuthor of "Cardigan,""The Maid at Arms,""The Maids of Paradise,""The Fighting Chance," etc.A. L. BURT COMPANYPublishers New YorkPublished by arrangement with Harper & BrothersCopyright, 1897, by Harper & Brothers.All rights reserved.TOMY FATHERLORRAINE!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 ...