"He came, and among us he stood,
Around him we press'd in a throng:
We could not regard him for weeping,
Who had led us and loved us so long.
'I have led you for twenty long years,'
Napoleon said ere he went;
' Wherever was honour I found you,
And with you, my sons, am content !
"'Though Europe against me was arm'd,
Your chiefs and my people are true;
I still might have struggled with fortune,
And bafffled all Europe with you.