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THE RETURN OF NAPOLEON.
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THE RETURN OF NAPOLEON
FROM ST. HELENA.
Ho! City of the gay!
Paris! what festal rite
Doth call thy thronging million forth
All eager for the sight?
Thy soldiers line the streets
In fixed and stern array,
With buckled helm and bayonet,
As on the battle-day.
By square, and fountain side,
Heads in dense masses rise,
And tower, and battlement, and tree,
Are studded thick with eyes.
Comes there some conqueror home
In triumph from the fight,
With spoil and captives in his train,
The trophies of his might?
