St. Helena Lullaby by Rudyard Kipling
Thanks to Mary Catherine for suggesting that I have a go at a musical setting for this poem by Rudyard Kipling:
https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_sthelena.htm
Paintings from the life of Napoleon, roughly aligned with the verses in the poem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon#Exile_on_Saint_Helena
Kipling was born 50 years after Waterloo, this poem seems
nostalgic for Napoleon and his exploits. The topic gets a bit of discussion here:
https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/readers-guide/rg_history1.htm
I guess we have a fascination with figures of power, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Putin. Partially out of fear, but also maybe wondering what it takes to get and hold that much power.
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