Download or read book The Emperor Bids Farewell to Moscow written by John E. Tuel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Emperor Bids Farewell to Moscow: Words of the Emperor Nicholas, of Russia, Sent by Telegraph From St. Petersburgh, to His Favorite City of Moscow, During the Siege of Sebastopol, a Few Minutes Before His Death Re-echoing deep the cannon's boom O'er Asia's plains Crimean steppesm 'midst Europe's awe - the Empire's gloom Beyond the Ukraine forest's depth-s Thro' Wild 'circassia's mountain chain, To Poland's lands - Siberia's snow From where the Kuban waters reign To where the Euxine billows ow; To every Capitol and Power Each one an Empire ofits own With Chiftains with a Monarch's dower, Beneath a Sovereign Monarch's throne The doom's proclaimed - yet not a word Except a parting prayer Is heard, For all who lived beneath his sword, Who reigned with him, beloved and feared! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."