Chapter 53

"Ah, what will they say from the dust of the grave. The generous spirits of sovereigns brave? What will Pharamond say, Clodion and Clovis, Our Pepins, our Martels, our Charleses and Louis, Who by blood and by peril, a warrior band, Have acquired for their sons such a beautiful land?"--T. ] [Footnote 255: Pepin King of the Franks (_d._ 768), surnamed the Short, founder of the Second or Carlovingian Dynasty.--T.] [Footnote 256: 28 May 1825.--T.] [Footnote 257: Charles Louis Huguet, Marquis de Sémo…