Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSAILLES, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography 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." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN IN PHARAOH'S TOMB by HAYDEN CARRUTH FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY VASHTI by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LINES ON CARMEN SYLVA by EMMA LAZARUS TO CARMEN SYLVA (QUEEN OF ROUMANIA) by EMMA LAZARUS PAST AND PRESENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON |
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