Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
France: Vols. IX–X. 1876–79. | | | | Bourg-la-Reine | | Bourg-la-Reine | | Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829–1925) |
| | The Old Chateau
THROUGH these close-cut alleys | |
| Paced Gabrielle; | |
| At her side, in royal pride, | |
| Henri bon et bel. | |
| Ah! my love across the sea, | 5 |
| Dost thou love me as well? | |
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| On such an autumn night, | |
| Long years ago, | |
| Fell the shadows on the meadows | |
| Of the old château; | 10 |
| All along the gabled roof | |
| The moonlight lay like snow. | |
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| Trembling with a world | |
| Of hope and fears, | |
| She would wait by this old gate | 15 |
| Watching through her tears, | |
| While he rode from Paris streets, | |
| Unguarded by his peers. | |
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| He, as he came riding on, | |
| Knew full well | 20 |
| Where she stood outside this wood; | |
| Many a song doth tell | |
| How she loved this knightly king, | |
| La charmante Gabrielle! | |
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| Clash and clang of swords | 25 |
| Soon dies away; | |
| Shrined apart in a people’s heart | |
| Love lives alway; | |
| France will not forget this name, | |
| Gabrielle d’Estrées! | 30 | | | |
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