[18] M. Capefigue, _Madame la Marquise de Pompadour_. 1 vol. Amyot. [19] M. Boutaric, _Correspondance Secrète de Louis XV._ [20] The dinner took place in the room called the Queen’s Antechamber, No. 117 of the _Notice du Musée_, by M. Eudore Soulié. [21] Room No. 116 of the _Notice du Musée_. [22] The gilted screw-rings which served to support this canopy may still be seen in the cornice opposite the windows. [23] _La reine Marie Leczinska_, by Madame the Countess d’Armaillé, born de Ségur. 1 vol., Didier. [24] Massillon, _Sermon sur les dégoûts qui accompagnent la piété_. [25] Born at Versailles, September 4, 1729, died at Fontainebleau, December 20, 1765. He married a Spanish Infanta in 1745, and in 1747 a princess of Saxony, the mother of Louis XVI., Louis XVIII., and of Charles X. [26] February 25, 1745. [27] When Cæsar, that charming hero, Whom all Rome idolized, Gained some brilliant combat, People complimented on it The divine Cleopatra. When Louis, that charming hero, Who is the idol of all Paris, Gains some brilliant combat, One must compliment on it The divine D’Étioles. [28] He knows how to love and how to fight; He sends to this fair abode A brevet worthy of Henry Fourth, Signed: Louis, Mars, and Love. But the enemies have their turn, And his valor and his prudence Give to Ghent, the same day, A brevet as a French city. These two brevets, so welcome, Will both survive in memory. With him the altars of Venus Are in the temple of Glory. [29] All is about to change: the crimes of an inconstant No longer will be vaunted as exploits. Modesty alone will obtain our homage, Constant Love will resume his rights. The example of it is given by the greatest of kings And the most discreet of beauties. [30] Great King, London groans, Vienna weeps and admires thee. Thine arm is about to decide the fate of the Empire. Sardinia wavers, and Munich repents; Batavia, undecided, is a prey to remorse; And France exclaims amidst her joy: “The best loved of Kings is also the greatest!” [31] See the accurate and interesting little work by M. Adolphe Julien: _Histoire du Théâtre de Mme. de Pompadour, dit Théâtre des petits cabinets_, with an etching by Martial after Boucher. [32] One traces but on sand The vague and unstable promises Of all the nobles of the court; But on imperishable bronze The Muses have traced the name of Pompadour And her invariable promise. [33] This staircase, which led to the large apartments of the King, was destroyed in 1750. The present staircase in the wing of the palace was constructed on the side of it. [34] This perfect American Has caused too many tears to flow. Can I not console myself And see Venus at her toilette?