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 “Carl Schwartzenburg was of the plot, And Blücher, prompt and prow, And Jean the Crown-Prince Bernadotte: Buonaparte was the foe.

"City and plain had felt his reign From the North to the Middle Sea, And he'd now sat down in the noble town Of the King of Saxony.

"October's deep dew its wet gossamer threw Upon Leipzig's lawns, leaf-strewn, Where lately each fair avenue Wrought shade for summer noon.

"To westward two dull rivers crept Through miles of marsh and slough, Whereover a streak of whiteness swept— The Bridge of Lindenau.

"Hard by, in the City, the One, care-crossed, Gloomed over his shrunken power; And without the walls the hemming host Waxed denser every hour.