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ON NAPOLEON'S ESCAPE FROM ELBA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONCE FAIRLY SET OUT ON HIS PARTY OF PLEASURE
Last Line: MAKING BALLS FOR THE LADIES, AND BOWS TO HIS FOES.
Subject(s): NAPOLEON I (1769-1821); ESCAPES; FUGITIVES;
ONCE fairly set out on his party of pleasure,
Taking towns at his liking and crowns at his leisure,
From Elba to Lyons and Paris he goes,
Making balls for the ladies, and bows to his foes.



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