Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VERSAILLES, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON


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First Line: One day at versailles the great louis survey'd
Last Line: "is remov'd, as we see, but the wind is there still."
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; France; Windmills; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


ONE day at Versailles the Great Louis survey'd
And describ'd with much pomp the vast change it display'd;
"Where yon Temple now stands, overlooking the wood,
On that spot," said the Monarch, "a windmill once stood."
"Please your Majesty, true," was the answer; "the mill
Is remov'd, as we see, but the wind is there still."





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