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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
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.
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