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NAPOLEON AFTER WATERLOO, by                    
First Line: Still mightst thou reign, if such had been thy will
Last Line: The tyrand falls or dies.--she knows no sepulchre.
Alternate Author Name(s): Delavigne, Casimir
Subject(s): Napoleon I (1769-1821)


STILL mightst thou reign, if such had been thy will;
Thou, Freedom's son, thy mother hast dethroned!
Armed 'gainst her rights by power a moment owned,
Thou hadst resolved her life to crush and kill.
But the tomb dug for her,
Or soon or late, devours the despot still;
The Tyrand falls or dies.--She knows no sepulchre.





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