The great Empire will soon be exchanged for a small place,
which soon will begin to grow
A small place of tiny area
in the middle of which he will come to lay down his sceptre.
the great empire will soon be exchanged for a small place: In 1814, Napoleon was forced to abdicate as Emperor of France and was exiled to the Island of Elba, just off the coast of Italy.
which will soon begin to grow: After three hundred days as Elba’s ruler, he escaped and returned to France.
a small place of tiny area: After the Battle of Waterloo, he abdicated as the Emperor of France for a second time, and the British transferred him under guard to a small island in the Atlantic called Saint Helena.
in the middle of which he will come to lay down his sceptre: He died on Saint Helena in 1821. He was 51 years old at the time of his death.
A general but accurate description of Napoleon’s final years.