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VERSAILLES by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

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."
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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