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Verdun.
O re-incarnate, O eternal France!
Glory of ages, ever born anew
One deathless spirit through the diverse years!
Glory of ages, ever born anew
One deathless spirit through the diverse years!
We who have loved thee through thy best, thy worst,
Seeing the soul hid deep in desperate eyes,
Thy Heav'n-born soul no devils could bear down:
Seeing the soul hid deep in desperate eyes,
Thy Heav'n-born soul no devils could bear down:
We who have waited through thy long eclipse,
Hungering as men who hunger for the day
For thy sweet looks to lighten earth again:
Hungering as men who hunger for the day
For thy sweet looks to lighten earth again:
With shining eyes we stand, and hearts that bleed,
'Twixt joy and ruth divided, all in pride
That France, sore wounded, yet is France again.
'Twixt joy and ruth divided, all in pride
That France, sore wounded, yet is France again.
Oh, may thine hand with England's evermore
Be clasped! Thy heart with England's beat as one!
Thy soul, with England's knit, re-make the world!
Be clasped! Thy heart with England's beat as one!
Thy soul, with England's knit, re-make the world!
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