Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
France: Vols. IX–X. 1876–79. | | | | Clermont | | The Council of Clermont | | Sir Aubrey de Vere (1788–1846) |
| | | AMID the throng the Hermit stood; so wan, | |
| Careworn, and travel-soiled; with genius high | |
| Throned on his brow, shrined in his spiritual eye. | |
| The Hermit spake, and through the council ran | |
| A tremor, not of fear; as in the van, | 5 |
| Chafing before embattled chivalry, | |
| A proud steed listens for the clarion’s cry, | |
| So sprang they to their feet: and every man, | |
| Pontiff and prince, prelate and peer, caught up | |
| Their swords, and kissed the crosiered hilts, and swore, | 10 |
| As though their lips the sacramental cup | |
| Had touched, Christ’s sepulchre to free! The shore | |
| Of Asia heard that sound, in thunder hurled,— | |
| “Deus id vult,”—from Clermont through the world! | | | | |
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