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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 | |||
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 THE COLISEUM by EDGAR ALLAN POE FIDELIA: 4. THE AUTHOR'S RESOLUTION IN A SONNET by GEORGE WITHER A SERIOUS REFLECTION ON HUMAN LIFE, SELECTION by HENRY BAKER TO WISDOM by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 6. OF PATIENCE by WILLIAM BASSE |
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