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This etext was produced by David Widger CINQ MARS By ALFRED DE VIGNY BOOK 6 CHAPTER XXII THE STORM ‘Blow, blow, thou winter wind; Thou art not so unkind As man’s ingratitude. Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly.

This etext was produced by David Widger CINQ MARS By ALFRED DE VIGNY BOOK 5. CHAPTER XVIII THE SECRET De Thou had reached home with his friend; his doors were carefully shut, and orders given to admit no one, and to excuse him to the refugees for allowing them to depart without seeing them again;

This etext was produced by David Widger CINQ MARS By ALFRED DE VIGNY BOOK 4. CHAPTER XIV THE RIOT “Thus with imagin’d wing our swift scene flies, In motion of no less celerity Than that of thought,” exclaims the immortal Shakespeare in the chorus of one of his tragedies. “Suppose that you have seen The

This etext was produced by David Widger CINQ MARS By ALFRED DE VIGNY BOOK 3. CHAPTER IX THE SIEGE There are moments in our life when we long ardently for strong excitement to drown our petty griefs–times when the soul, like the lion in the fable, wearied with the continual attacks of the gnat, earnestly

This etext was produced by David Widger CINQ MARS By ALFRED DE VIGNY BOOK 2. CHAPTER V THE MARTYRDOM La torture interroge, et la douleur repond. RAYNOURARD, Les Templiers. The continuous interest of this half-trial, its preparations, its interruptions, all had held the minds of the people in such attention that no private conversations had

This etext was produced by David Widger CINQ MARS By ALFRED DE VIGNY With a Prefaces by CHARLES DE MAZADE, and GASTON BOISSIER of the French Academy. ALFRED DE VIGNY The reputation of Alfred de Vigny has endured extraordinary vicissitudes in France. First he was lauded as the precursor of French romantic poetry and stately