NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA.
Cmv; of Uio'fonirest, stricken 'ncalh the blast Iho wild, world storm, whose drift hatl» bceii • th y strength « ' ,^'hese balctul y ( ars, finds wistful calm at length. . _.i . And tliou art palsied : Earth was overcast vvuh what tljou \>crt, the breath of battle Tn tell magnificence where thou didst f bead' Of men at once the embodied wide and dread' - tlast thou, perchance, found needed jie-tuc at Tt may not be : thy proud, iuipcrial brain * • •■• O Jiieaiatlicuim-Kirtwavtid tljat bar ( itrouiUl, • And tuuls nt echo in their Milieu houml. ■ We give thee peace! ah, no! 'tis given "in vain, . Until the kindred stocm rings out thy knell, l'orthce 119 war, great son of Heaven or HelU E. ir. iiuLi t ivm. "Note.— An evceptionally severe storm occurred at St. HeUn 1 on the evening of the 5Ui May, 1821, at the liiuc of Napoleon's death.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 426, 7 December 1889, Page 3
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148NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 426, 7 December 1889, Page 3
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