XVI. Or, like the thief of fire for heaven,3 XVII. There was a day-there was an hour, While there was Gaul's-Gaul thineWhen that immeasurable power Unsated to resign Had been an act of purer fame Through the long twilight of all time, XVIII. But thou forsooth must be a king, XIX. Where may the wearied eye repose Where neither guilty glory glows, Yes-one-the first-the last-the best- Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath'd the name of Washington, Notes to the Ode to Napoleon 1. "Certaminis gaudia"-the expression of Attila in his harangue to his army, previous to the battle of Chalons, given in Cassiodorus. 2. The cage of Bajazet, by order of Tamerlane. Prometheus. 3. 4. "The very fiend's arch mock To lip a wanton, and suppose her chaste." -SHAKSPEARE. [He alludes to the unworthy amour in which Napoleon engaged on the evening of his arrival at Fontainebleau.] |