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# Borne Apart
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/borne-apart/
- Published: 2021-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Napoleon, he Bonaparte the emperor did play his part whenever forlorn he'd tout his own horn reciting Russo and Descartes
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Limerick, Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Napoleon, he Bonaparte  
the emperor did play his part  
whenever forlorn  
he'd tout his own horn  
reciting Russo and Descartes

he wore only custom made socks  
refusing clothes shipped in a box  
his generous jailer  
provided a tailor  
an emperor's life in the stocks

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2787040-Medieval-Double-Limerick