And Europe’s host in wrath he met,

The Danube heard his drum’s wild roll,

And Wagram dimmed his bayonet.

On many a field his cannons rung,

The Nations heard his wild hurrah:

And brazen gates were open flung,

To usher in the Conqueror.

The Cossack yelled his dread advance,

And legions bared their scymetars,

When with the infantry of France