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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOUIS NAPOLEON, by OSCAR WILDE Poet's Biography First Line: Eagle of austerlitz! Where were thy wings Last Line: Breaks on the shores where kings lay crouched at ease. Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills Subject(s): Napoleon Iii (1808-1873) | |||
EAGLE of Austerlitz! where were thy wings When far away upon a barbarous strand, In fight unequal, by an obscure hand, Fell the last scion of thy brood of Kings! Poor boy! thou wilt not flaunt thy cloak of red, Nor ride in state through Paris in the van Of thy returning legions, but instead Thy mother France, free and republican, Shall on thy dead and crownless forehead place The better laurels of a soldier's crown, That not dishonoured should thy soul go down To tell the mighty Sire of thy race That France hath kissed the mouth of Liberty, And found it sweeter than his honied bees, And that the giant wave Democracy Breaks on the shores where Kings lay crouched at ease. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST CAESAR, 1851-1870 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH NAPOLEON III IN ITALY by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING PRINCE HOHENSTIEL-SCHWANGAU; SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY by ROBERT BROWNING A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851 by VICTOR MARIE HUGO VILLA FRANCA by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL MADAME TALLEYRAND AND THE TRAVELLER by HORACE SMITH DIRE: 10. A COUNSEL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A THOUGHT FOR MARCH 1860 by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER EXECUTION OF FELICE ORSINI, MARCH 13TH, 1858 by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING |
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