Napoleon Iii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIH FJFJKFKF LMLMFNFN OFOFPHPH| His silent spirit from the place | A |
| Slid forth unseen amid the throng | B |
| Of those whose love outlived disgrace | A |
| Whose fealty to the last was strong | B |
| 'Midst homage 'neath Fate's adverse reign | C |
| Paid to the star shorn of its rays | D |
| How passed the Exile Lingering fain | C |
| As never once in prouder days | D |
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| The Mother and the Child were there | E |
| Discrowned and disinherited | F |
| No hand henceforth to right the heir | E |
| New griefs to bow the golden head | F |
| How passed Napoleon Prizing more | G |
| Old fame in camp and council won | H |
| Or fearless England's aegis o'er | I |
| The future of her ally's son | H |
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| Gate of that World we know not yet | F |
| What thou beheld'st who may proclaim | J |
| Were spirit ranks in order set | F |
| Haunting thy portals as he came | J |
| With voices murmuring Our life torch | K |
| Unspent was quenched at his behest | F |
| Did bygone princes fill the porch | K |
| Bourbon and Valois and the rest | F |
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| How passed the soldier Cold and stern | L |
| 'Mid weaponless reproachful ghosts | M |
| As when he led them forth to learn | L |
| How fight the hardy German hosts | M |
| How passed the Emperor where THEY gazed | F |
| Once wearers of the ancient crown | N |
| As one who knew its lustre blazed | F |
| The brighter ere he laid it down | N |
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| How passed he brighter grows the dream | O |
| Past yon accusing spirit band | F |
| Beyond the scornful Old R gime | O |
| Another group of watchers stand | F |
| Those hands are stretched to greet him now | P |
| That once Charlemagne's proud sceptre won | H |
| While hastes Hortense with beaming brow | P |
| No longer banished from her son | H |
Mary Hannay Foott
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