Show i V JOANNAS FAREWELL I A TRANSLATION Farewell ye mount aud and well-loved well dell i 1 Ye quiet and familiar vale farewell No more will Joan upon you stray t She bids an eternal farewell today If Farewell ye meads ye lofty tree r Ye rippling springs farewell to thee Ye echo charming voice voice of vale vae Who repeats my call without a fail f Who oft gave answer to my song son g Joan is going to leave thee long Ye scenes s of every quiet joy t 4 Forever from thee I must fly Disperse ye lambs upon the heath J Ye are a flock of matchless sheep Iv Another flock I now must guard 1 g f Upon the fearful field of oC war The spirits spirit's cry doth me inspire 1 I am not urged by vain desire t t t tHe Ii He who in in glory once came down i r it 1 To Moses on Mount Horeb's crown Commanding him with outstretched hand Before the Pharaoh to stand 1 0 N Who chose the pious shepherd boy boyAs J Jl I l As warrior on whom He could rely w J Spoke from the branches of this tree 4 Go hence and testify of me n J w r rIn In bronze thy limbs shall be encased t t And steel shall guard thy tender breast i Y No manly love dare touch thy heart f 1 I i s Vain earthly pleasures to impart No bridal wreath thy brow shall wear tJ No lovely child shall claim thy care car care With warlike honors thou shall stand i Above the maids of oC all the land rl y It For when in m war the brave despair When France her final fate must share J J t Thou wilt proudly hear my Rejoicing ever in in my name As before beCore the reaper falls Calls the wheat The brave shall perish at thy feet Their wheels of Fate thou shall unroll j 1 Their bells of lamentation toll t To sons of France deliverance bring Free Rheims and crown thy worthy king l 1 i 1 a. a Heaven promised me roe a sign 11 F A helmet bright with power divine 1 i i 1 It 1 urges me into the field 5 I must be oft off I cannot yield I I hear the heros hero's mighty cry It calls to me there I must fly u uThe The cannons cannon's boom the trumpets trumpet's sound Force me meto to the battle ground |