Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-01-29
From BlackYood's Magazine.
NAPOLEON OFF UsHANT.

ro From Blackwcod's Magazine.
-eaf NAPOLEON OFF UsHANT.
BY b SIMMONS.
shan never forget the morning we tnade
Ushant / had come on deck a z o,Slocls il
take the morning watch, when 10 nv aston.
- lhulent saw the Emperor come out al the
lacebin, at that early hour, and make far the
Spoop.adder. Having gained the deck. point.
ing 70 the land he said, aUshapt. Cane II.
esllant Y replied, " Yes, sir, . and withdrew.
~ he then took out pocket glass, and applied
1T u bus eye, looking eagerly at the land. II
y tins position he remained without paving any
attencon to what was passing around him, or
speaking % one Of his suite which had been
standing behind HIM several hours. No won.
der le thus gazed il was the last look Of the
land Of his glory, and am convinced he felt Il
Q as such. What must have been his feelings
Gin these few hours Memoirs Of an ATisto-
Graz by q MidshPman Of he BsllerophOn
What Of the night ?-ho! watcher there
Upon the armed deck,
That hold within its wond'rous lair
SOC The last Of empires wreck
Zen HIM whose captive now the chain
From captive earth shall smite-
lc HO! rocked upon the morning main,
yls Watcher, what of the night!
-l The stars are waning fast; the curl
5ua Of mornings coming breeze
Far in the north begins to furl
di5 Night vapor from the seas.
1a Her every shred of canvass spread,
C9as The proud ship plunges free
while bears aiar, with stormy head,
Cape Ushant on our lee
sR AT that last word, as trumpet stirred,
Forth in the dawning gray,
"A silent man made to the deck
His solitary way;
And leaning Ger the poop he gazed,
Til on the straining view,
That cloud-lilIc speck of land, appraised.
Distinct, but slowly grew.
BlsW Wen nay he look until his frame
Go Maddens to marble there;
9d lie riskee Renown's aI-grasping game
4 Dominion or despair
And lost land 10 IN vapor fured,
The last Of that loved France,
au For which his prowess cursed the world,
haF ls dwind'lng from his glance.
~ Rave on thou far resembling deep,
5o Whose pillows refund him roll
Thou'rt calmness to the storms that sweep
y This moment DER his soul.
Black chaos wings before him, spread
A. With trophy shaping bones;
- The council strife; the battle deed;
- Rent charters--clOven thrones.
Yet proud One could the Hottest day
OF thy transcendent power
Match with the soul-compelling sway
Which in this dreadful hour
And then to hide, beneath the show
Of calmest lip and eye,
The he'll that wars and works below
The quenchless thirst to die.
The white dawn crimsoned into morn;
-, The morning flashed to day,
And the sun followed, glory-bom,
ell Rejoicing on his way:
And still DER oceans kindling flood
t That muser cast his view,
While round him, awed and silent, stood
His fate's devoted few.
lie lives, perchance, the past again,
From the fierce hour when first
On the astounded hearts of men
Ills meteor presence burst.
When blOO2 besotted Anarchy
Sank queled amid the roar
OF thy far-sweeping musketiy,
Eventual Thermidor
Again he grasps the victor crown
MarengO's carnage yields,
Or bursts Ger Lodi, beating down
Bavaria's thousand shields
Then, turning from the battle sod,
Assumes the Consul's palm,
Or seizes giant empires rod
In solemn Notre-Dame.
And darker thoughts Cypress him now:
..T Her Ill requitted love,
Whose face, as beauteous as her brow,
f Brought blessings from above;
Her trampled heart his dark ming star;
The cry of outraged Man;
And white-lipped Rout, and wolfsh War,
Loud laundering on his van.
o., for the sulph'rous eve of June,
When down that Belgian hill
HIS bristling Guards superb platoon
HO led mbroken still
Now would he pause, and quit their side
Upon DISTINCTIONS marge,
Nor kng-like share, with desperate pride,
Their vainly glorious charge!