"Now then Dunois for Orleans !'" cried the Maid "And give we to the flames these monuments "Of sorrow and disgrace. The ascending flames "Shall to the dwellers of yon rescued town "Blaze with a joyful splendour, while the foe "Behold and tremble."

As she spake, they rush'd

To fire the forts; they shower their wild fire there,
And high amid the gloom the ascending flames
Blaze up; then joyful of their finish'd toil

The host retire. Hush'd is the field of fight
As the calm'd ocean, when its gentle waves
Heave slow and silent, wafting tranquilly

The shattered fragments of the midnight wreck.

The Minth Book.

Transactions of the night. Murmurs, council and retreat of the English. Advance of Burgundy to their assistance prevented. Burial of the dead. Their funeral oration pronounced by the Maid.