<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=409188" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Jeanne d'Arc</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The land was broken in despair,<br>The princes quarrelled in the dark,<br>When clear and tranquil, through the troubled air<br>Of selfish minds and wills that did not dare,<br>Your star arose, Jeanne d'Arc.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O virgin breast with lilies white,<br>O sun-burned hand that bore the lance,<br>You taught the prayer that helps men to unite,<br>You brought the courage equal to the fight,<br>You gave a heart to France! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your king was crowned, your country free,<br>At Rheims you had your soul's desire: <br>And then, at Rouen, maid of Domremy, <br>The black-robed judges gave your victory<br>The martyr's crown of fire. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And now again the times are ill,<br>And doubtful leaders miss the mark;<br>The people lack the single faith and will<br>To make them one, -- your country needs you still, --<br>Come back again, Jeanne d'Arc! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">O woman-star, arise once more<br>And shine to bid your land advance:<br>The old heroic trust in God restore,<br>Renew the brave, unselfish hopes of yore,<br>And give a heart to France!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Henry+Van+Dyke">Henry Van Dyke</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=409188" data-title="Jeanne d'Arc de Henry Van Dyke" data-description="The land was broken in despair, The princes quarrelled in the dark, When clear and tranquil, through the troubled air Of selfish minds and wills that did not dare, Your star arose, Jeanne d'Arc. O virgin breast with lilies white, O sun-burned han..."></div> </div> </div>

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