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