Wellington 1769-1852 and Bonaparte 1769-1821
'England is a nation of shopkeepers'
was never said by Bonaparte
but it was those self-same tradesmen
who kicked Napoleon’s ****
and
when at Waterloo they met
as he won the day
to give it a positive spin
one may only say,
"Wellington put the boot in!"
Copyright © Martin Howard Samuel | Year Posted 2025
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