...reflect in solitude on his own treachery, and on the " mutability of all human affairs ;" " Leaving a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale." When Buonaparte first arrived in Italy, he entertained most imperfect notions, with regard j...

...hero, leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands, Condetnn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate....the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant, to Bavaria's lord, In gay...

...needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length the error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end ?...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. *A11 times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay...

...supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance, at length, her errour mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. • yAll times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In...

...to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance, at length, her errour mend J Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. yAntimes IKeir scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay...

...Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile mill ions press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. yAll times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay...

...monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay...

...ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and в dubious hand ; He left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. * All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay...

...conservative in its moral and religious outlook. Burns, like 'Swedish Charles' in that poem, had . . . left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. It was impossible for Scott to overlook the grim lesson which, he felt, was to be learned from...

...that once extended over thousands of miles and men now requires the space of a grave. He leaves only "the Name, at which the World grew pale, /To point a Moral, or adorn a Tale" (111-11). The once terrible warrior now is contained in a homily. Johnson's ultimate target and...