February, 1841.


NAPOLEON.

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BY J. E. DOW.

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“About the twenty-second of January, 1821, Napoleon’s energies revived. He mounted his horse and galloped for the last time around Longwood, but nature was overcome by the effort.”

Chained to a wild and sea-girt rock

Where the volcano’s fires were dead;

He woke to hear the surges mock