Napoleon
Source: deviantart,com
Below is a poem I wrote as part of a History project in High School - I must have been in Grade 10.
He
was born on Corsica in 1769
And
as a boy he had said, “France must be mine!”
Marie
Antoinette lost her head
Because
she could not give some hungry people bread.
Royalists
in Toulon got their knickers in a knot
And
decided they would give Britain a shot.
Then
the young Napoleon appeared on the scene
And
once the cannon balls flew, they were not too keen.
“Bravo,
bravo...you’re a star!”
And
it was then he realised he was going to go far.
The
success of the Italian campaign
Bolstered
his chances of fame.
Prime
Minister of Britain, William Pitt,
Was
beginning to irritate Napoleon a bit.
If
he destroyed England by breaking her trade,
Napoleon
thought he would have it made.
Egypt
would serve as a base
But
Nelson destroyed the French with skill and grace.
Back
in France, the Directory were weak
And
the people thought they were beginning to reek.
A
coup then got the Directory overthrown
And
Napoleon was there to snatch the throne.
Down
went the armies of Austria and Prussia.
He
even signed a treaty with the Tsar of Russia.
But
the invasion of Russia was a big mistake,
The
same one Hitler was later to make.
The
Iberian Peninsula added to his grief
And
his remaining time as the man in charge was brief.
In
the Battle of Nations, the French were crushed.
It
was a defeat that left Napoleon flushed.
He
was forced to abdicate the throne
And
he was sent to Elba, his new home.
It
was not long before he decided to return
But
he was not as powerful, as he was soon to learn.
His
army was defeated at Waterloo –
The
ABBA song must be familiar to you.
After
this battle, he was no longer so smart
And
his surname would have to become BLOWN-apart!
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