Origin of Names 77 



First to the field the gallant Franks advance, 



once by Hugo led, 



* * but his vital thread 



Cut short, the flag in whose field-azure flame 

 The Golden Lilies, they beneath the dread 

 Clotharius follow. 



Tasso: Jerusalem Delivered. 



Britain! high favour'd of indulgent Heaven! 



This once so celebrated seat of power, 



From which escap'd the mighty Caesar triumph'd! 



Of Gallic Lilies this Eternal Blast! 



Young: Love of Fame. 



What flower in meadow-ground or garden grows 

 That to the towering Lily doth not yield? 



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Go forth great King! Claim what thy birth bestows; 

 Conquer the Gallic Lily which thy foes 

 Dare to usurp. 



Wordsworth: Archbishop Chichely to Henry V. 



Upon the pedestal of the statue of Jeanne d'Arc, 

 "Maid of Orleans," at Rouen, France, Fleurs-de-lis 

 are sculptured, with the inscription: 



