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Canto II<br />

The rise of the French Empire & her long‐running struggle with<br />

Great Britain.<br />

Invasionʹs Verge<br />

The Emporer fills up the Channel coast<br />

The Grand Armeeʹs grand camp, & grander still<br />

His ambition to sail this eager host<br />

Across the tide to execute the kill;<br />

Two thousand boats,<br />

Two hundred thousand sons,<br />

Twenty‐five thousand goats & a million guns.<br />

Ambition turns to thwarted dreams<br />

When fishes out of water<br />

Thought naught could eʹer avert their schemes ‐<br />

Britannia saved from slaughter<br />

As Nelson steers her steely beams<br />

Frown‐afraid to fight her,<br />

Villeneuve diverted from these vital seas<br />

Into Cadiz, via the Antilles.<br />

Dispatch ridden hard by rider,<br />

ʺThis is gross betrayal!ʺ<br />

With, ʺSacre Bleu!ʺ the Emporer<br />

Curses his admiral,<br />

ʺThen we must march to Austria, I must have my battle.ʺ<br />

Forsooth the men ye buy<br />

Will come back better soldiers<br />

Boulogne<br />

1805<br />

Horace

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