Napoleon's Farewell (from The French) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCBDBE ABFBFGHGH AIJIKLMLM| I | A |
| Farewell to the Land where the gloom of my Glory | B |
| Arose and o'ershadow'd the earth with her name | C |
| She abandons me now but the page of her story | B |
| The brightest or blackest is fill'd with my fame | C |
| I have warr'd with a world which vanquish'd me only | B |
| When the meteor of conquest allured me too far | D |
| I have coped with the nations which dread me thus lonely | B |
| The last single Captive to millions in war | E |
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| II | A |
| Farewell to thee France when thy diadem crown'd me | B |
| I made thee the gem and the wonder of earth | F |
| But thy weakness decrees I should leave as I found thee | B |
| Decay'd in thy glory and sunk in thy worth | F |
| Oh for the veteran hearts that were wasted | G |
| In strife with the storm when their battles were won | H |
| Then the Eagle whose gaze in that moment was lasted | G |
| Had still soar'd with eyes fix'd on victory's sun | H |
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| III | A |
| Farewell to thee France but when Liberty rallies | I |
| Once more in thy regions remember me then | J |
| The violet still grows in the depth of thy valleys | I |
| Though wither'd thy tear will unfold it | K |
| Yet yet I may baffle the hosts that sur round us | L |
| And yet may thy heart leap awake to my voice | M |
| There are links which must break in the chain that has bound us | L |
| Then turn thee and call on the Chief of thy choice | M |
George Gordon Byron
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