Epitaph On Napoleon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA HIH| Lo here on this lone isle amid the deeps | A |
| From his proud height of conquest greatness hurl'd | B |
| Buried in silent night Napoleon sleeps | A |
| Long Gallia's boast the wonder of the world | B |
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| Though humbly born Ambition claim'd her child | C |
| Fate urged him on his great career to fill | D |
| On him in war in dangers Fortune smiled | C |
| And on his eagles Victory waited still | D |
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| By battles won by policy profound | E |
| Kings he dethroned fill'd Europe with dismay | F |
| England alone of all the nations round | E |
| His power opposed disdaining to obey | F |
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| Forced by the flames of Moscow to retreat | G |
| Half his vast host by cold by famine dies | A |
| Famed Waterloo beheld his last defeat | G |
| There sunk his glory's sun ne'er more to rise | A |
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| Briton from this sad spot ere thou depart | H |
| Pause while his shade complains in Fancy's ear | I |
| 'Had generous feeling warm'd thy Sovereign's heart | H |
| Though Briton's foe I had not perish'd here ' | - |
Thomas Oldham
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