John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6344 Leonard Heath John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6344 |
| AUTHOR: | Leonard Heath |
| QUOTATION: | Yet spirit immortal, the tomb can not bind thee, But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee A name which before thee no mortal hath won. Tho’ nations may combat, and war’s thunders rattle, No more on thy steed wilt thou sweep o’er the plain: Thou sleep’st thy last sleep, thou hast fought thy last battle, No sound can awake thee to glory again. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Grave of Bonaparte. |