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Napoleon’s Farewell

Lord Byron
on The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 
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Napoleon's Farewell

[FROM THE FRENCH.]
1.
Farewell to the Land, where the gloom of my Glory
Arose and o'ershadowed the earth with her name—
She abandons me now—but the page of her story,
The brightest or blackest, is filled with my fame.
I have warred with a World which vanquished me only
When the meteor of conquest allured me too far;
I have coped with the nations which dread me thus lonely,
The last single Captive to millions in war.

2.
Farewell to thee, France! when thy diadem crowned me,
I made thee the gem and the wonder of earth,—
But thy weakness decrees I should leave as I found thee,
Decayed in thy glory, and sunk in thy worth.
Oh! for the veteran hearts that were wasted
In strife with the storm, when their battles were won—
Then the Eagle, whose gaze in that moment was blasted
Had still soared with eyes fixed on Victory's sun!

3.
Farewell to thee, France!—but when Liberty rallies
Once more in thy regions, remember me then,—
The Violet still grows in the depth of thy valleys;
Though withered, thy tear will unfold it again—
Yet, yet, I may baffle the hosts that surround us,
And yet may thy heart leap awake to my voice—
There are links which must break in the chain that has bound us,
Then turn thee and call on the Chief of thy choice!

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The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3
Lord Byron
  1. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (The Destruction Of Sennacherib)
  2. She Walks in Beauty
  3. The Bride of Abydos
  4. Stanzas To Augusta (”When all around grew drear and dark”)
  5. The Corsair
  6. Fare Thee Well
  7. The Siege Of Corinth
  8. Lara
  9. The Giaour
  10. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (To Belshazzar)
  11. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Parisina)
  12. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (A Sketch)
  13. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Stanzas For Music IV)
  14. On The Star Of ‘The Legion Of Honour’
  15. Stanzas For Music V
  16. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (From The French)
  17. Napoleon’s Farewell
  18. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Ode From The French)
  19. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (On The Death Of The Duke Of Dorset)
  20. Stanzas For Music III
  21. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Julian [A Fragment])
  22. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Address Intended To Be Recited At The Caledonian Meeting)
  23. Stanzas For Music
  24. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Farewell! If Ever Fondest Prayer)
  25. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 ([Love And Gold])
  26. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (From Job)
  27. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (By The Waters Of Babylon)
  28. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (On The Day Of The Destruction Of Jerusalem By Titus)
  29. Were My Bosom As False As Thou Deem’st It To Be
  30. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (By The Rivers Of Babylon We Sat Down And Wept)
  31. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (When Coldness Wraps This Suffering Clay)
  32. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Herod’s Lament For Mariamne)
  33. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Song Of Saul Before His Last Battle)
  34. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (”All Is Vanity, Saith The Preacher.”)
  35. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Vision Of Belshazzar)
  36. Thy Days Are Done
  37. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Sun Of The Sleepless!)
  38. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Saul)
  39. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (My Soul Is Dark)
  40. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Oh! Snatched Away In Beauty’s Bloom)
  41. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Jephtha’s Daughter)
  42. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (He Wild Gazelle)
  43. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (If That High World)
  44. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (The Harp The Monarch Minstrel Swept)
  45. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Oh! Weep For Those)
  46. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (On Jordan’s Banks)
  47. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte)
  48. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Translation Of A Romaic Love Song)
  49. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (On The Quotation)
  50. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (From The Portuguese)
  51. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Sonnet II)
  52. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Thou Art Not False, But Thou Art Fickle)
  53. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Sonnet)
  54. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (To Time)
  55. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (On Being Asked What Was The ”Origin Of Love”)
  56. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Impromptu, In Reply To A Friend)
  57. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Remember Him, Whom Passion’s Power)
  58. Remember Thee! Remember Thee!
  59. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Parenthetical Address)
  60. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Verses Found In A Summer-House At Hales-Owen)
  61. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Address, Spoken At The Opening Of)
  62. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Lines Written On A Blank Leaf Of)
  63. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (On A Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken)
  64. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (The Chain I Gave)
  65. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Lines To A Lady Weeping)
  66. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (If Sometimes In The Haunts Of Men)
  67. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (And Thou Art Dead, As Young And Fair)
  68. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Euthanasia)
  69. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (One Struggle More, And I Am Free)
  70. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Away, Away, Ye Notes Of Woe)
  71. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (To Thyrza)
  72. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Epistle To A Friend)
  73. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Newstead Abbey)
  74. On Parting
  75. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Farewell To Malta)
  76. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Translation Of The Romaic Song)
  77. Written Beneath A Picture
  78. Fragment From The ‘Monk Of Athos’
  79. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Lines In The Travellers’ Book At Orchomenus)
  80. Written After Swimming From Sestos To Abydos
  81. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown)
  82. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Stanzas Written In Passing The Ambracian Gulf)
  83. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Stanzas Composed During A Thunderstorm)
  84. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (To Florence)
  85. Lines Written In An Album, At Malta
  86. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (The Girl Of Cadiz)
  87. Maid Of Athens, Ere We Part
  88. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Stanzas For Music II)
  89. Elegiac Stanzas On The Death Of Sir Peter Parker, Bart
  90. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Translation Of The Famous Greek War Song)
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