Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-04-19
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--''4-->f The Battle Of Waterloo -
Twas in Earoea ono mornins,- on Gods holy
wsea millions aasrs met N Their tss ehar 10
Full two. o.1unarea,Aoaasnd, theiSssags to sds-
tain. - =.
Began thesrea. battle on tva.erloe's plain.
The Engli.h in soarie: appsare'd a. their tomb.
TO conquer tia. genius whose mandates weF
The Russians ana Aussriaas in orange ans
blue, H4sa y1gssk :
Appeared With their thousands, One man 10
4Nsf,s.'s'u su0uus &sss5ss;sk4 .1sA
Then Bonaparte mounted his noble. white steed
And onward to bsttle his army did lead,
To the Geld, for destruction, for carnage and
Where soldiers by thousands soon yielded their
breath. =,
When the red streams of death pointed balls at
The soldiers by thousands; met death and the
grave;
And the balls hom the cannon few thick in the
air,
While the wounded and dying fell down in
despair.
Although it was Sabbath, they felt no remorss.
But brandishe'd their swords as thsy sat on the
horse;
And the cannons were rearing with peal upon
peal, =
While over their head. gleam'd the blood-painted
steel -
Both armies With vengeance bore down like
They tranpled DER wounded all dyed in blood,
Aud The fine foaming steed with his mouth open
wide, -
Fell dead on the spot in tie height Of his pride.
And there lay the horseman, with sweat on his
brow, sz.z * 4
And there lay the footman, just pressed from his
And there lay the gunner, all lifeless and pale,
And there lay theP P rince, for the King to bewal.
And the cannons grew hot by the blaze of their
And their thunder rolpd deep in the nerth and !
the south,
And majestic their smoke sprung an ar ch in the
While their balls became red in the Waterloo
dye @
And the engines Of death rolled in might Ger the
dead,
With their 'Yitals ON FIRE, and their nostrils all
And their breath was destruction, to vomis out
balls, 49,
To blend with the blood Of the English and Gauls.
And the blue vault of heaven grew blac with
the smoke,
And one would have thought that Jeh ovah had
spoke; s.
For the fowls of the air. in their wild terror fsd
And gave up their place to CHESTS of the dead.
And the spears, and the lances, lay thiskon the
plain,
And the rifles and muskets were broken in twain;
And the cannon's strong carriage, whose timbers
were oak,
Lay broken and rent from the hub to the spoke.
Ten thousand bold Frsnchmen in death fell
And left many widows and orphons to weep
Ana ten thousand English, by the ball and the
8 blow, =
Lay sleeping in death, by the side of their foe.
Five thousand fine horses lay dead ON the field,
With blood on their saddles, and gore Oh their
heels; .,.-,
And the soldiers and horses promiseueusly lay,
All mingled together, on that awful day.
And Eve thousand horses whose ride RS were slain,
Ran wild in confusion all over the plain;
And the foam of their nostris fell white on the
sf@ ground,
While oft by their blood dying Princes were
crowned.
Both armies contended till eight in the night,
When Q host of the Prussians engaged in the fght
Thcn Ronaparte fed with his army broke down,
And Lost his great empire, his power and his
crown. 45z~
Thus he who had stood in advance and alone,
By Waterloos battle was huri'd from his throne;
Thus did the great monarch become the great
slave, Is
Who died like abeggar, and sleeps in hisgrave