Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
France: Vols. IX–X. 1876–79.
Charming Gabrielle
By Henri IV. (1553–1610)Translated by Louisa Stuart Costello
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My heart is pierced with woe,
When glory sounds her knell,
And forth to war I go.
Parting, perchance our last!
Day, marked unblest to prove!
O that my life were past,
Or else my hapless love.
O, fatal memory!
My grief each thought renews!—
We meet again, or die!
Parting, etc.
By valor given to me!
War made the prize my own,
My love awards it thee!
Parting, etc.
And every echo round
The words of my farewell
Repeat with mournful sound!
Parting, etc.