The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
THE FUNERAL OF. NAPOLEON.
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lat the time Of the second burial of
Napoleon the following poem appeared
\ In the Maple Leaf. a Canadian publica-
B tion Of that day. It has been popular
ever since, and can be found in many col-i
(. lections OF poetry credited TO an among.
nous writer. It was written by Sir John
H. HagaTty, late Chief Justice of thel
.- Province sof Ontario, then u young esT-g
yer In 'Eerontol ~:
Cold .ana brilliant streams the sunlight
on the wintry banks .of Seine,
Elerio,fsay the imperial city rears her
pride of tower and tame -
E3elemniy with deep voice pea1eth, Notfs
IA 'Bame, thine anoiefst chime, Ii
'Minute-guns the death-bell answer an Sshe
same deep, measured time.
ON the unwonted Stiffness gather soepf is
8# asf an advancing shost,
: Cas-. the rising tempest echafeth oR St.;:Nel-
.~en's far-of coast:
Nearer rolls a mighty pageann-@cleere rer
| :swells the funeral strain,
sFseEn the barrier arch of Neuaily epours
a." the giant burial train.
Da1k with eagles Isl the sunlight t-iaesr rkly
~. on the golden sir
FLAP the folds of :Saded standards, elo-
- quently rnuurqnng there
so'er the po1np Of nglittering thousands
like batfle-Ehantom fits
cTatter'd fig of jena, FriedaaHd, AArcola
and Awstenlitz.
sEagle-crowned ana garland-esreasd, slow
: ly moves thes stately car,
Trt'Mid the sea. of eplumes ana hhcrsemen-
all the burial pomp of :Wa7-
. Riderless a war-N1orn chargerfoHoWs his
;" dead masters bier
= : Long since battae-trumpet ruussd him
:, he but EWedsfto follow mere.
From his grave, mid ocaan's dirges
moaning surge and sparkling foam
+ : Io, the ImperiaHD Dead retu1rfeth; 10, the
zas Hero-dust comes home!
He hath left the Atlantic iskand, lonely
= vale and willow tree,
meath the Invalides to slunaEer mid thu
Gallo chiwsklry
Glorious tomb Sc'er glorious ssleepers! gal
liant Fellowship to share
Paladin and Peer and MafEhal-France
4 thy nob1est. dust is there!
Names that light thy battle annals
names that shook the heart of earth
Stars in crimson Wars a1orizon-syno
nyms fer martial worth!
Room within tizat shrine ofszseroes! place
pale spectres Of the past!
s~ Homage yield, 'ye battle paiantoms! Lo
your nnightiest comesfsat last!
Was his course: the Woeuout-thundere'
from prophetic trumpet's lips?
Was his type the ghostly1s1orseman sha
81. dowed in tthe Apocalypse?
zss Gray haired sdfdiers gatker round him
relics Of am age of WIZ,
Followers of the Victor-Eagle, when hi
flight was wild and fzr; & III, Il .. :.
@ Men who painted in the SEeafh strife o.
Rodrigo'g bloody ridge. So.
as Hearts that EnKened at the deaths shriel
from the LsKssian.s shattered bridge
1Men who heard .fhe immortal war-cry o
the wild Egyptian fight .=
r. Forty centuries o'erlook2 US from yo
Pyramids gray height!'
/ They who heard tthe means of .Jaffa, an
the breach oof Acre knew
They who rushed their foaming wal
steeds On ae-squares of WATERLOO
They who loved him-ahey who feare
him-they who in ihis ;dark hou
:. Round the mighty burial gather, spell
bound by the awful Dead!
HChurchmen - Princes -cStatesmen-Wa1
riors-all a Kingdoms chief array,
:-And the Fox stands crowned :.nourner-
by the Eagasss 'hereeclay!
fbut tHe last NlSh T1te1 13S pdlQ min, an
the last deep 'knell.is cung-
lAnd the cannon's iron voices rhaVe thei
thunder requiem sung
sand, mid banners idly t&rooping, siler
< gloom and muuldering xstate,
SShall the Trampler of the World,npon tn
Judgment-trEMlpet wait.
( Yet his ancient foes had sgiven' him noble
monumental pile,
*Where' the overlapping dirges -moane
s.c,, :.around the burial isle- =,
iRyramid upheaved by Ooean in lone
! siHest Wilds afar,
Z, Fer, the War-King thunder stricken tfro1
tl1is fiery battle-car!