Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NAPOLEON, by MARGARET DELANEY First Line: He boasted vauntingly of world-wide power Last Line: Were crushed by little sifting flakes of snow. Subject(s): Napoleon I - Invasion Of Russia | ||||||||
He boasted vauntingly of world-wide power, The greatest empire earth should ever know; His mighty dreams in that dark Russian hour Were crushed by little sifting flakes of snow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GHOST ARMIES by MARGARET DELANEY REQUIEM FOR A PIONEER MOTHER by MARGARET DELANEY THE DESERT LAND by MARGARET DELANEY CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK JANUARY, 1795 by MARY DARBY ROBINSON WE ARE SEVEN by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH WRITTEN IN BUTLER'S SERMONS by MATTHEW ARNOLD TWELVE SONNETS: 12. AFTER BATTLE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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