Ode To Victor Hugo-94 'the Miserable' napoleon's Downfall Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim

By Freeyad Ibrahim

Had it not rained in the night of 17-1 June,1815,
the future of Europe would have been different
Had the ground been dry,
so that the artillery could move,
the battle could have begun at six in the morning
and would have done over and done with
by two or three hours
Before the Prussian Blucher could arrive
and turn the scales.
Lacstos, the guide had answered in negative,
when the emperor had asked him of possibility
of obstacles in the way
The shaking of peasant's head
was the cause of Napoleon's downfall.
Lord Clinton Hill to Wallington the leader & ally master:
"What are your orders, my lord if you are killed? "
Wallington: "Don't yield an inch."
He said to Clinton. "Hang on to last man.
Both armies were exhausted
Willington's case was even worse
It was about this moment when Blücher arrived.
Napoleon, with his eyes upon the throne of the world,
saw the shadow of St. Helena!

FRYAD HUGO
Netherlands
Author, Writer