Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-02-16
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TIE DEATH BED OF NAPOLEON

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Head Of the Arny-"-Last words of Napoleon
Twas night Ger st. HeIena,s isle,
Fierce howied the raging blast,
And far away for mile on mile
The angry tempest passed.
-la And loud was heard the deaf'ning roar
--ai- Ocean breaking on the shore
Low spread above the gloomy world
The ieaden pail of night. -
And fast the thunder bolts were hurled
Midst hghIning's htfui light
FrOn'Pole to pole one sheet Of fame.
A"d then, the reign of darkness came.
From Lopgwood Place the rays Of light
shOne tlro ugh the gloom afar,
Ana pierced the darkness of the night
= Like some lone watching star ,-
From throne and country torn asav.
The. dying slow, the warrior lay.
dis N md vas wild. and round him came
Strange scenes Of either years;
again he sought the warriors fame
Midst seas Of blood and tears
At his command thrones passed auav.
And Kingdoms cruubIed in decay.
at first he seemed youth again
Midst Bruaitions bowers
And in the walls OF old Brienne
Fast deE the feeting hours
Those hAppy hours. too bright to last,
Years rolled along. the vision passed.
ss and BOW, at sesate's stern command,
He leads the hosts Of France
Against the foe in that far land -t-.s
Where Pos blue usters dance;
And I'd his victor squadrons wheel
Where once. flashed bright, the Roman steel.
a- The scene is changed; o'er RgypG's land
Move on the proud and brave.
And Moslem blood dyes red the sand
By Niles o,srHoEing wave;
In vain the foe the soil defend 49,
Where Egypt's pyramids ascend. En
Thus borne on mid scenes Of blood, -r-
Wild fancies ofhis brain,
And wider rolled the deep'ning food
or fortune once again;
An empire bows beneath his sway,
& And trembling kings his will obey.
Again his eagles proudly soar
Above high heaps of slain, r
And lold his booming cannon roar
Der Jena's battle plain;
And AustraIifz' bright sun on high,
Pours down its beams where thousands die
Still onward rolls the crimson tide
Beneath his hapghty sway,
And conquered thrones on every side
In ruins pass away. sr-.r .
Nov mad ambition fires his brain, a q
The mighty globe must own his reign.
On RussiA's plains his banners wsTe
Mid BOro5ino's gloom. - -----=
And loudly DER each soldiers grave
A thousand cannon boom, - ---
And high are hesred The piles OF slain
Above that red and reeking plain. Z
The scene is changed; his gniding star
~ No longer CLEANS on high; s7 s ~
Der Moscow's silent silent towers afar
Red biiiors sweep the sky; -s-zz ~
Where'er he turns tbs all the same,
One mighty sea OF surging fame.
And now misfortnne's gloomy reign
Dark clouds about him cast:
Yet. once again, on battle plain, = p
.-- His noblest and his last u
He hears the hugles's warlike peal r.
Rise loud above the eIashing steel
SLOW moving like deep sea wave
High rolling on the s.rand
MoTe on those rsnks the tried, the brave.
zs OF Ney's imnortaT II band II -
sa dis vain. 'Ii'tdeath and ruin, wide
Rolls back o'erporerei. th4t living tide.
- gam has aids around hin stand,
s Whie fred his eye in death;
The arm, IS head"-his last command
Passed with his dying breath
's Mid thunder's crash and lightning's play,
Ills mighty soul was borne away.
FrRsos, o., 1889. =