He adopted this thought afterwards in his
Ode to Napoleon
, as well as most of the historical examples in the following paragraph:
"He who of old would rend the oak,
Dream'd not of the rebound;
Chain'd by the trunk he vainly broke—
Alone—how look'd he round?"
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Saturday, April 9th, 1814
I mark this day!