[
  {
    "title": "Incident of the French Camp",
    "author": "Robert Browning",
    "lines": [
      "You know, we French stormed Ratisbon:",
      "  A mile or so away",
      "On a little mound, Napoleon",
      "  Stood on our storming-day;",
      "With neck out-thrust, you fancy how,",
      "  Legs wide, arms locked behind,",
      "As if to balance the prone brow",
      "  Oppressive with its mind.",
      "",
      "Just as perhaps he mused \"My plans",
      "  That soar, to earth may fall,",
      "Let once my army-leader Lannes",
      "  Waver at yonder wall\"--",
      "Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew",
      "  A rider, bound on bound",
      "Full-galloping; nor bridle drew",
      "  Until he reached the mound,",
      "",
      "Then off there flung in smiling joy,",
      "  And held himself erect",
      "By just his horse's mane, a boy:",
      "  You hardly could suspect--",
      "(So tight he kept his lips compressed.",
      "  Scarce any blood came through)",
      "You looked twice ere you saw his breast",
      "  Was all but shot in two.",
      "",
      "\"Well,\" cried he, \"Emperor, by God's grace",
      "  We've got you Ratisbon!",
      "The Marshal's in the market-place,",
      "  And you'll be there anon",
      "To see your flag-bird flap his vans",
      "  Where I, to heart's desire,",
      "Perched him!\" The chief's eye flashed; his plans",
      "  Soared up again like fire.",
      "",
      "The chief's eye flashed; but presently",
      "  Softened itself, as sheathes",
      "A film the mother-eagle's eye",
      "  When her bruised eaglet breathes.",
      "\"You're wounded!\" \"Nay,\" the soldier's pride",
      "  Touched to the quick, he said:",
      "\"I'm killed, Sire!\" And his chief beside,",
      "  Smiling, the boy fell dead."
    ],
    "linecount": "40"
  }
]