...attention to a chance to which even the greatest of generals are always liable : " Jnst ns, perchance, he mused, ' My plans That soar, to earth may fall,...once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall.' " A chance such as the poet imagined with reference to Lannes and Napoleon served to effectually spoil...

...French stormed Ratisbon : A mile or so away, On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming-day ; With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms...my army-leader Lannes " Waver at yonder wall,"-— aa Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew...

...French stormed Ratisbon: A mile or so away, On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming-day; With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms...to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. It. Just as perhaps he mused ' My plans That soar, to earth may fall, Let once my army-leader Lannes...

...French stormed Ratisbon; A mile or so away, On a little mound, Napoleon Stood, on our storming day; With neck out-thrust, — you fancy how, — Legs...to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused, "My plans That soar, to earth may fall, Let once my army leader, Lannes,...

...we French stormed Batisbou: A mile or so away On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming-day; With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms...to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused, " My plans That soar, to earth may fall, Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver...

...French stormed Ratisbon: A mile or so away, On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming-day ; With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms...to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. II. Just as perhaps he mused ' My plans That soar, to earth may fall, Let once my army-leader Lannes...

...or so away, On a little mound, Napoleon With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms lock'd behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused "My plans That soar, to earth may fall, Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver...

...French stormed Ratisbon : A mile or so away, On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming day ; With neck outthrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms...to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused, "My plans That soar, to earth may fall, Let once my army leader Lannes Waver...

...French stormed Ratisbon: A mile or so away, On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming day; With neck out-thrust — you fancy how, — Legs wide,...balance the prone brow, Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused: "My plans That soar, to earth may fall, Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver...

...MUSSOLINI, more or less in the costume of Napoleon and with the traditional pose of that hero — "hands locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind" (Browning) — but also wearing, at the end of a lightningrod, a halo, probably in token of his Christlike...