Grave of Bonaparte, The

DESCRIPTION: "On a lone barren isle, where the wild roaring billows Assail the stern rock, and the loud tempests wave... The hero lies still." "He has fought his last battle; No sound can awake him to glory again." He is gone but his name lives on
AUTHOR: Words: Lyman Heath (1804-1870) (source: many Internet sites)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster)
KEYWORDS: death Napoleon
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1821- Death of Napoleon on Saint Helena
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster, p. 26, "The Grave of Bonaparte" (1 text)
Beautiful-Bells-Songster, p. 46, "The Grave of Bonaparte" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #5/72, p. 51 and #5/64, p. 51, "The Grave of Bonaparte" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #805, p. 54, "The Grave of Bonaparte"" (2 references)
Roud #30214
NOTES [67 words]: Napoleon's grave is still preserved on St. Helena, carefully fenced off to preserve it from damage and somewhat isolated from the residential parts of the island; there s a trail to it, and it is surrounded by carefully kept gardens. So even though Saint Helena is a very isolated island, Napoleon's grave is not itself hit by the waves. There are a good many photos of it available on Google Maps. - RBW
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