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leaning on the arms Of his cqucrry and Marshal
Soult left the apartment. saying, in heart break
ing tones a. he went. = Fdre,ceH. Hen N.Y. tricnd!
The hot pursuit he had directed a moment be-
fore was forgotten-victory, trophies. prisoners
and ALL sunk into utter worihlcssness, and as at
the battle of Aspcrn, when Lannes was brought
to him mortally wounded, he forgot even his
army and the great interests at stake. lie or
dcrcd his tent TO be pitched near the cottage III
which his friend was dying, and entering It,
passed the night all alone in inconsoab'e grief.
The Imperial Guard formed their protecting
squares, as usual around him, and the fierce tn
multi of battle gave way toonc of the most touch
ing scenes in history. r'wtl lat was deepening
over the field and the heavy tread of the ranks
going TO their bivouacs, the low rumbling OF ar
tillcry wagons in the distance. and all the sub
ducd yet confused sounds Ola mighty host about
sinking to reposc, rose on the evening air i'm
parting still greater solemnity to the hour. Ma
poleon, with his grey great-coat wrapped about
him. his elbows on his knees, and his forehead
resting on his hands. sat apart from all. buried
in the profoundcst melancholy. His most init
mate friends dare not approach him, and his Ia
voritc officers stood in groups at distance, gaz-
ing anxously and sadly on that silent tent. But
immense consequences were hanging on the
movements of the next morning. powerful
titiilN was llcdr. VIII llltiI dIldN Ncl hhb''h'h
and they at length vcnturcd TO approach and
ask for orders. But the broken hearted chieitain
only shook his head, exclaiming, Erery thing
io-morroo and still kept his mourniul attitude.
Oh, how overwhelming was the grief that could
so master that stern heart The magnificent
spectacle ofthc day that had passed. the glorious
victory he had won. were remembered no more,
and he saw only his dying friend before him.
No sobs escaped him, but silent and motionless
he sat. his pallid face buried in his hands, and
his noble heart wrung with agony. Darkness
drew her curtain over the scene. and the stars
came out one after another upon the sky. and, at
length. the moon rose above the hills. bathing IN
her soft beams the tented host. while the flames
from burning villages in the distance shed a
lurid light through the goom-and all was sad,
mournlul. vet sublime. There was a dark cot
tagc, with the scntincls at the door. in which
Duroc lay dying, and there. too. was the solitary
tent of Napoleon. and within. the bowed form of
the Emperor. Around it, at distance. stood the
squares of the Old Guard, and nearer by. a silent
| group of chieftains. and over all lay the moon
lirht. Those brave soldiers. filled with grief to
see their beloved chief borne down with such
sorrow. stood for a long time silent and fearful.
At length. to break the mournful silence, and to
express the sympathy they might not speak, the
bands struck up a requiem for the dying marshal
The melancholy strains arose and fell in proon,
gcd echoes over the field. and swept in soltcned
cadcnces on the ear of the flinting warrior-bu'
still Napoleon moved not. They then changed
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duIl and Gstlnss oar II coasnd and or,in thf
mnurnl,l rcn,ion fIIod all ,booir Rn, nn,hno
coulJ arouse him from his nroniz;rr rodcction.
his friend law dyinr. and the heart he love,
marc Than his jife was throhbino its last NILS,
t;ons
What n theme for n painter. and what "A eulopy
on Nanolcon was that scene That noble hear
which the enmitv of the world could not shake
nor the terrors of n b,ttle.tcld move from it,
i cali, ronoso-nor ovop IN, h,trod and insuIts n
his. at last. victorious enemies hu,nble-hert
SINK in tho momont of vctnrv before the tide o
affection, What military chicttain ever mourn
ed ON thus the field of victory. and what soldier.
ever loved a leader so
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ms 'aiu ever rea'y 'oS'r'Nr' ne u''ichuc" VI
.he conclusions VI reason rl'Der ''l', oI. NV
nsP',"to" VI genius 'or ''co'N' ne c''o"'''o'
'he chihces pc'ore-Na'u' anu WIEN h'S P"'Poo
was ,akeh' IL was no ordinary on''"c'e or Jan
ger ,iit eo"o s'','Ne It, oucn ,''tn ~ hu'''
ana ianhes' ana Angcrea'' reled very 'h"c' o'
'he enthuSiasih oil lhe'r soldiers ana uhe EsWt
f which intense cNc'elneh, always 'mpl'S' So"'
on the contrary on inc d,Sciphne OF MS .rooi,'
ana the hrInhess ana sieadIheHs IL gives e''ner
assault or retreat ana hehce' when lel' a'ohI
could be depended on as an ape ana e'le'Gn
! general. lhongh impctuouS aS Il STORM III III
early part ot his HE, 1t was the impcl"oslty q
, YOUTH rather imam OF character ana one I'iii'
liar WAN ms career ever tn'nRS "' nm as III
? stern ana steady Sont. lie was more OF 1t
Engllshlnan IN his natural character ana sue
ceeded better than most OF the other frenc
generals when opposed to English troops bu
though mcthodical and practical IN all his plans
he knew the value of headlong charge an
: could make it. Still, he does not seem to ms
with the danger that surrounds INN bnt rathe
r meets It with the frmness OF one who has sci
T tied beforehand that 1t shall overcome nm.
lie did not possess that versatility OF genii
which enabled Bonaparte so frequently TO tur
ms very defeats ihto 'ictory-he depended "a
ther on the strength ana terror oi Inc piow n