CANTO I.

“It timor, et major Martis jam apparet imago.” _Virgil._

TO

THOSE ILLUSTRIOUS HEROES,

WHOSE LAURELS ARE THE BRIGHTEST ORNAMENTS

OF THE

BRIGHTEST VICTORY

WHICH HAS EVER GRACED THE ANNALS

OF THE

BRITISH HISTORY;

WHOSE NAMES THE BARD GLORIES TO CELEBRATE,

AND FAME DELIGHTS TO IMMORTALIZE;

THIS POEM

IS DEDICATED,

BY THEIR YOUTHFUL, BUT ARDENT ADMIRER,

EDW: GEO: LYTTON BULWER

THE

BATTLE OF WATERLOO.