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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Charles Péguy (1873–1914)

Péguy, Charles (pā-gē’). A French poet and writer; born at Orléans, Jan. 7, 1873; killed in action near Meaux, Sept. 5, 1914. Among his writings are: ‘Notre Jeunesse’ (1910); ‘Victor Hugo’ (1911); ‘L’Argent’ (1912). His poems, chiefly of a religious character, are: ‘Le Porche du Mystère de la deuxième Vertu’ (1912); ‘La Tapisserie de Sainte Geneviüve et de Jeanne d’Arc’ (1912); ‘La Tapisserie de Notre Dame’ (1913).