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 * so have they named her. With just pride,

Deliberate care, and cautious circumstance,

The Holy Council have beatified

The Maid of Orleans, martyred child of France,

Who, at Domrèmy's village altar kneeling,—

Ignored by friend and foe,

Through all her young unsullied spirit feeling

The tears of a despairing people flow,—

Implored relief; and following the word

Which none save she had heard,

Delivered France, and crowned her—long ago.