• His falchion flashed along the Nile;
      His hosts he led through Alpine snows;
    O’er Moscow’s towers, that shook the while,
      His eagle flag unrolled,—and froze.

    Here sleeps he now, alone;—not one
      Of all the kings whose crowns he gave,
    Nor sire, nor brother, wife, nor son,
      Hath ever seen or sought his grave.

    Here sleeps he...